Overman, Henry
Professor Henry Overman
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Experience keywords:
economics of planning; economics of regeneration; regional policy; economics of cities; urban policy; housing
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Henry Overman, BSc. (Bristol), Msc. (LSE), PhD. (LSE) is Professor in Economic Geography in the department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and director of the Spatial Economics Research Centre.
His current research interests include the causes and consequences of spatial disparities and the impact of urban and regional policy. His research has been published in leading economics journals (The Review of Economics Studies and The Quarterly Journal of Economics) and leading economic geography journals (Environment and Planning and Journal of Economic Geography). He continues to publish in journals from both disciplines as well as editing the inter-disciplinary Journal of Economic Geography.
He has provided policy advice to, amongst others, the European Commission, Department for International Development, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Transport. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Economic Performance and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
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Sectors and industries to which research relates:
Construction and Property
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Europe
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Media experience:
Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
D'Costa, Sabine and Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Pelkonen, Panu (2013) 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. Springer, pp. 263-280. ISBN 9783642333941 Overman, Henry G. (2012) The National Trust’s report on land-use planning systems is two steps in the right direction, one step backwards. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. (2012) Mostly pointless spatial econometrics. Journal of regional science, 52 (2). pp. 172-191. ISSN 0022-4146 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. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen (2011) Unequal Britain: how real are regional disparities? Centrepiece, 17 (1). pp. 23-25. ISSN 1362-3761 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 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 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 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 Wrigley, N. and Overman, Henry G. (2010) The 10th year of the Journal of Economic Geography: a decade of high impact publication. Journal of economic geography, 10 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1468-2702 Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and Tucci, Alessandra (2009) The case for agglomeration economies. Manchester Independent Economic Review, Manchester, UK Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. (2009) Productivity in transport evaluation studies. Department for Transport Eid, Jean and Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego and Turner, Matthew A. (2008) Fat city: questioning the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity. Journal of urban economics, 63 (2). pp. 385-404. ISSN 0094-1190 Leunig, Tim and Overman, Henry G. (2008) Spatial patterns of development and the British housing market. Oxford review of economic policy, 24 (1). pp. 59-78. ISSN 0266-903X 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). pp. 213-243. ISSN 0022-4146 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 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 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. North Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 2845-2910. ISBN 9780444509673 Midelfart, Karen-Helene and Overman, Henry G. and Redding, Stephen (2004) The location of European industry. In: Dierx, Adriaan and Ilzkovitz, Fabienne and Sekkat, Khalid, (eds.) European integration and the functioning of product markets. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 113-170. ISBN 1843763931 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, pp. 33-48. 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 Publishing, Malden, Massachussetts, pp. 353-387. ISBN 0631211616 Midelfart-Knarvik, Karen Helene and Overman, Henry G. (2002) Delocation and European integration: is structural spending justified? Economic policy, 17 (35). pp. 321-359. ISSN 0266-4658 Overman, Henry G. (2002) The future of cities. Economic Review, 20 (1). pp. 2-4. Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego (2002) Unemployment clusters across Europe's regions and countries. Economic policy, 17 (34). pp. 115-148. 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). pp. 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 Midelfart-Knarvik, K-H and Overman, Henry G. and Redding, Stephen and Venables, Tony (2000) The location of European industry. European Commission, Directorate-General for Financial Affairs, Brussels
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