Overman, Henry

Einiö, Elias and Overman, Henry G. (2016) The (displacement) effects of spatially targeted enterprise initiatives: evidence from UK LEGI SERC discussion papers, 191. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Criscuolo, Chiara and Martin, Ralf and Overman, Henry G. and Van Reenen, John (2016) The causal effects of an industrial policy CEP Discussion Papers, CEPDP1113. Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Haughton, Graham and Deas, Iain and Hincks, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. (2015) Letters to the editor Environment and Planning A, 47 (1). 243-246. ISSN 0308-518X

Helmers, Christian and Overman, Henry G. (2015) My precious! The location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source (Short title: The location and diffusion of scientific research) The Economic Journal. ISSN 0013-0133

Gibbons, Steve and Overman, Henry G. and Patacchini, Eleonora (2015) Spatial methods In: Duranton, Gilles and Henderson , J. Vernon and Strange, William C., (eds.) Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 115-168. ISBN 9780444595171

Gibbons, Steve and Nathan, Max and Overman, Henry G. (2014) Evaluating spatial policies Town Planning Review, 85 (4). 427-432. ISSN 0041-0020

D'Costa, Sabine and Overman, Henry G. (2014) The urban wage growth premium: sorting or learning? Regional Science and Urban Economics, 48. 168-179. ISSN 0166-0462

Cheshire, Paul C. and Nathan, Max and Overman, Henry G. (2014) Urban economics and urban policy: challenging conventional policy wisdom Edward Elgar, Massachusetts, USA. ISBN 9781781952511

Overman, Henry G. (2014) Making an impact: misreading, misunderstanding, and misrepresenting research does nothing to improve the quality of public debate and policy making Environment and Planning A, 46 (10). 2276-2282. ISSN 0308-518X

Faggio, Giulia and Overman, Henry G. (2013) The effect of public sector employment on local labour markets Journal of Urban Economics, 79. 91-107. ISSN 0094-1190

Helmers, Christian and Overman, Henry G. (2013) My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0131. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Nathan, Max and Overman, Henry G. (2013) Agglomeration, clusters, and industrial policy Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 29 (2). 383-404. ISSN 0266-903X

D'Costa, Sabine and Overman, Henry G. (2013) The urban wage growth premium: sorting or learning? SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0135. The London School of Economics and Political Science ,SERC Discussion Paper, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2012) Cities have largely rejected elected mayors: the focus should now be on further city deals British Politics and Policy at LSE (4 May 2012) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2012) Should we build on the greenbelt? British Politics and Policy at LSE (3 Jul 2012) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2012) NHS competition: bad science or bad blogging? British Politics and Policy at LSE (6 Mar 2012) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2012) Investing in the UK’s most successful cities is the surest recipe for national growth British Politics and Policy at LSE (26 Jan 2012) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2012) Critics of the planning reforms are wrong to suggest the availability of sites with planning permissions means supply is no longer the major issue in the medium to long term British Politics and Policy at LSE (11 Sep 2012) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2012) The National Trust’s report on land-use planning systems is two steps in the right direction, one step backwards British Politics and Policy at LSE (17 Feb 2012) Blog entry

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. (2012) Mostly pointless spatial econometrics Journal of Regional Science, 52 (2). 172-191. ISSN 0022-4146

Gibbons, Stephen and Lyytikainen, Teemu and Overman, Henry G. and Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012) New road infrastructure: the effects on firms SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP117. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

D'Costa, Sabine and Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Pelkonen, Panu (2012) Agglomeration and labour markets: the impact of transport investments on labour market outcomes In: Crescenzi, Riccardo and Percoco, Marco, (eds.) Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance. Advances in spatial science. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 263-280. ISBN 9783642333941

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Big ideas: economic geography Centrepiece, 15 (3). 10-13. ISSN 1362-3761

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Separating out whether individual or community factors drive rioting is difficult. We should be very wary about believing anyone who claims to know otherwise British Politics and Policy at LSE (9 Aug 2011) Blog entry

Gibbons, Steve and Overman, Henry G. (2011) The future of rural policy: lessons from spatial economics SERC Policy Papers, SERCPP008. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Budget 2011: Enterprise zones: right diagnosis, wrong treatment? British Politics and Policy at LSE (23 Mar 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Open evaluation of new Enterprise Zones stands to increase understanding of the impact of urban policy at little cost Impact of Social Sciences Blog (6 Jul 2011) Blog entry

Gibbons, Steve and Overman, Henry G. (2011) The future of rural policy: lessons from spatial economics (Policy Note) SERC Policy Papers, SERCPP009. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Nick Clegg’s speech on ‘Plan A plus’ shows that the government’s fiscal position is increasingly limiting its options to stimulate the economy British Politics and Policy at LSE (14 Sep 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2011) The government’s growth review shows the need for serious debate on planning reforms British Politics and Policy at LSE (1 Apr 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2011) The government’s new draft national planning policy framework focuses the planning system on redevelopment too greatly rather than on new development British Politics and Policy at LSE (28 Jul 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Ed Miliband’s plans to reward ‘good firms’ sounds good in theory but will be very difficult to implement in practice British Politics and Policy at LSE (29 Sep 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen (2011) In unequal Britain who you are is much more important than where you live in determining earnings British Politics and Policy at LSE (11 Nov 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen (2011) Unequal Britain: how real are regional disparities? Centrepiece, 17 (1). 23-25. ISSN 1362-3761

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Government proposals that local councils can retain business rates will give incentives for growth, but with some funding inequalities across councils British Politics and Policy at LSE (22 Jul 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2011) The chronic under-supply of housing in Britain may lead to rising rents and house prices. The government’s planning reforms may go some way to encouraging more development, but stronger incentives are needed. British Politics and Policy at LSE (30 Aug 2011) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. (2011) Economic growth in cities: issues for central government SERC Policy Papers, SERCPP007. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Duranton, Gilles and Gobillon, Laurent and Overman, Henry G. (2011) Assessing the effects of local taxation using microgeographic data Economic Journal, 121 (555). 1017-1046. ISSN 0013-0133

Overman, Henry G. (2011) London’s employment mix and the bank bailouts have helped it avoid the worst of the recession, but things do not look so rosy for the capital’s poor British Politics and Policy at LSE (20 Jan 2011) Blog entry

Nathan, Max and Overman, Henry G. (2011) Assessing the government's proposals to reform the UK planning system SERC Policy Papers, SERCPP011. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Nathan, Max and Overman, Henry G. (2011) What we know (and don't know) about the links between planning and economic performance SERC Policy Papers, SERCPP010. The London School of Economics and Political Science , Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Resende, Guilherme (2011) Real earnings disparities in Britain SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0065. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UK.

Ball, Michael and Barker, Kate and Cheshire, Paul and Evans, Alan and Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa and Gordon, Ian and Holman, Nancy and Leunig, Tim and Mace, Alan and Meen, Geoff and Monk, Sarah and Overman, Henry G. and Power, Anne and Scanlon, Kathleen and Rode, Philipp and Tonkiss, Fran and Travers, Tony and Whitehead, Christine M E (2011) The government’s planned National Planning Policy Framework is a step in the right direction, but policy makers must ensure they get the incentives right, and that decisions are made locally British Politics and Policy at LSE (17 Oct 2011) Blog entry

Lawless, Paul and Tyler, Peter and Overman, Henry G. (2011) Strategies for underperforming places SERC Policy Papers, SERCPP006. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Gibbons, Stephen and Lyytikainen, Teemu and Overman, Henry G. and Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa and Laird, James (2010) Evaluating the productivity impacts of road transport schemes: report on pilot study findings Department for Transport.

Overman, Henry G. (2010) Gis a job: what use geographical information systems in spatial economics Journal of Regional Science, 50 (1). 165-180. ISSN 0022-4146

Centre for Economic Performance, and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John and Wadsworth, Jonathan and Marie, Olivier and McNally, Sandra and Cooper, Zack and McGuire, Alistair and Bell, Brian and Garicano, Luis and Petrongolo, Barbara and Cunningham, Tom and Ilzetzki, Ethan and Overman, Henry G. and Martin, Ralf (2010) CEP election analysis 2010: a series discussing the research evidence on some of the key battlegrounds of the 2010 General Election Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. and Rice, Patricia and Venables, Anthony J. (2010) Economic linkages across space Regional Studies, 44 (1). 17-33. ISSN 0034-3404

Gibbons, Steve and Overman, Henry G. (2010) Mostly pointless spatial econometrics? SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0061. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London, UK.

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Pelkonen, Panu (2010) Wage disparities in Britain: people or place? SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0060. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2010) Urban renewal and regional growth: muddled objectives and mixed progress CEP Election Analysis, CEPEA014. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Center of Economic Performance, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2010) LSE centre for economic performance: urban renewal and regional growth: muddled objectives and mixed progress British Politics and Policy at LSE (27 Apr 2010) Blog entry

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and Tucci, Alessandra (2009) The case for agglomeration economies Manchester Independent Economic Review, Manchester, UK.

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and D'Costa, Sabine and Mion, Giordano and Pelkonen, Panu and Resende, Guilherme and Thomas, Mike (2009) Strengthening economic linkages between Leeds and Manchester: feasibility and implications The Northern Way, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and D'Costa, Sabine and Mion, Giordano and Pelkonen, Panu and Resende, Guilherme and Thomas, Mike (2009) Strengthening economic linkages between Leeds and Manchester: feasibility and implications: full report The Northern Way, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Overman, Henry G. (2009) "Gis a job": what use geographical information systems in spatial economics? SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0026. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Duranton, Gilles and Overman, Henry G. (2008) Exploring the detailed location patterns of UK manufacturing industries using microgeographic data Journal of Regional Science, 48 (1). 213-243. ISSN 0022-4146

Overman, Henry G. and Rice, Patricia (2008) Resurgent cities and regional economic performance SERC policy papers, SERCPP001. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego (2008) Labour pooling as a source of agglomeration: an empirical investigation SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0006. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Leunig, Tim and Overman, Henry G. (2008) Spatial patterns of development and the British housing market Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 24 (1). 59-78. ISSN 0266-903X

Ioannides, Yannis Menelaos and Overman, Henry G. and Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban and Schmidheiny, Kurt (2008) The effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure Economic Policy, 23 (54). 201-242. ISSN 0266-4658

Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego and Turner, Matthew A. (2008) Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States Regional Science and Urban Economics, 38 (5). 487-497. ISSN 0166-0462

Overman, Henry G. and Rice, Patricia and Venables, Anthony J. (2007) Economic linkages across space CEPDP, 805. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 9780853281825

Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego and Turner, Matthew A. (2007) Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States CEPDP, 778. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753019957

Duranton, Gilles and Overman, Henry G. (2006) Exploring the detailed location patterns of UK manufacturing industries using microgeographic data CEPDP, 756. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UK. ISBN 0753020629

Duranton, Gilles and Gobillon, Laurent and Overman, Henry G. (2006) Assessing the effects of local taxation using microgeographic data CEPDP, 748. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753020548

Eid, Jean and Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego and Turner, Matthew (2006) Fat city: the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity CEPDP, 758. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753020645

Overman, Henry G. and Winters, L. Alan (2006) Trade shocks and industrial location: the impact of EEC accession on the UK CEP discussion paper 588. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Combes, Pierre-Philippe and Duranton, Gilles and Overman, Henry G. (2005) Agglomeration and the adjustment of the spatial economy CEP Discussion Paper No 689. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. and Winters, L Alan (2005) The port geography of UK international trade Environment and Planning A, 37 (10). 1751-1768. ISSN 0308-518X

Overman, Henry G. and Venables, Anthony J. (2005) Cities in the developing world CEPDP, 695. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753018756

Duranton, Gilles and Overman, Henry G. (2005) Testing for localization using micro-geographic data Review of Economic Studies, 72 (4). 1077-1106. ISSN 1467-937X

Overman, Henry G. and Winters, L. Alan (2004) The geography of UK international trade CEPDP, 606. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753017075

Overman, Henry G. (2004) Can we learn anything from economic geography proper? Journal of Economic Geography, 4 (5). 501-516. ISSN 1468-2710

Ioannides, Yannis and Overman, Henry G. (2004) Spatial evolution of the US urban system Journal of Economic Geography, 4 (2). 131-156. ISSN 1468-2710

Combes, Pierre-Philippe and Overman, Henry G. (2004) The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union In: Henderson, J. V. and Thisse, J. F., (eds.) Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography. Handbooks in economics, 4. North Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2845-2910. ISBN 9780444509673

Redding, Stephen and Midelfart-Knarvik, Karen Helene and Overman, Henry G. and Venables, Anthony J. (2003) Integration and specialization in the European Union In: Basevi, G. and Donato, V. and O'Connell, A., (eds.) Real Effects of Regional Integration in the European Union and the Mercosur. University de Bologna en Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 33-48.

Overman, Henry G. (2003) Can we learn anything from economic geography proper? CEPDP, 586. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753016648

Ioannides, Yannis Menelaos and Overman, Henry G. (2003) Zipf’s law for cities : an empirical examination Regional Science and Urban Economics, 33 (2). 127-137. ISSN 0166-0462

Overman, Henry G. and Redding, Stephen and Venables, Anthony (2003) The economic geography of trade, production and income : a survey of empirics In: Choi, E. Kwan and Harrigan, James, (eds.) Handbook of International Trade. Blackwell handbooks in economics. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachussetts, 353-387. ISBN 0631211616

Combes, Pierre-Philippe and Overman, Henry G. (2003) The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union CEPDP, 587. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753016656

Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego (2002) Unemployment clusters across Europe's regions and countries Economic Policy, 17 (34). 115-148. ISSN 0266-4658

Midelfart-Knarvik, Karen Helene and Overman, Henry G. (2002) Delocation and European integration: is structural spending justified? Economic Policy, 17 (35). 321-359. ISSN 0266-4658

Midelfart-Knarvik, Karen Helene and Overman, Henry G. and Redding, Stephen and Venables, Anthony J. (2002) Integration and industrial specialisation in the European Union Revue Economique, 53 (3). 469-481. ISSN 0035-2764

Overman, Henry G. (2002) Globalisation and integration: implications for the location of economic activity across the EU In: Tsoukalis, Loukas, (ed.) Globalisation and Regionalism: a Double Challenge for Greece. ELIAMIP, Athens : Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens, Greece. ISBN 9789607061881

Overman, Henry G. (2002) Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods Urban Studies, 39 (1). 117-130. ISSN 1360-063X

Duranton, Gilles and Overman, Henry G. (2002) Testing for localisation using micro-geographic data CEPDP, 540. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753015617

Overman, Henry G. and Redding, Stephen and Venables, Anthony J. (2001) The economic geography of trade, production, and income: a survey of empirics 508. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. and Ioannides, Yannis Menelaos (2001) Cross-sectional evolution of the U.S. city size distribution Journal of Urban Economics, 49 (3). 543-566. ISSN 1095-9068

Overman, Henry G. (2000) Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods CEPDP, 481. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014254

Overman, Henry G. and Ioannides, Yannis (2000) Zipf's law for cities: an empirical examination CEPDP, 484. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014424

Overman, Henry G. and Heath, Alex (2000) The influence of neighbourhood effects on education decisions in a nationally funded education system : the case of Australia CEP Working Paper No. 924. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Overman, Henry G. and Ioannides, Yannis (2000) Cross sectional evolution of the US city size distribution CEPDP, 483. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014270

Ioannides, Yannis and Overman, Henry G. (2000) Spatial evolution of the US urban system CEPDP, 482. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014262