prof.dr. (Frank) FG van Oort

All publications (92)

• Article (62)

  • Scholarly Publication (59)

    • E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos & F.G. van Oort (2019). Subjective well-being and the 2008 recession in European regions: The moderating effect of quality of governance. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 2 (2), 111-133. doi: 10.1007/s42413-019-00022-0
    • M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos, S. Ramkumar, J. Dufourmont & F.G. van Oort (2019). The heterogeneous skill-base of circular economy employment. Research Policy, 48 (1), 248-261. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.08.015
    • W. Chen, B. Los, P. McCann, R. Ortega-Arguiles, M. Thissen & F.G. van Oort (2018). The continental divide? Economic exposure to Brexit on both sides of the Channel. Papers in Regional Science, 97 (1), 25-54. doi: 10.1111/pirs.12334
    • Y. Liu, S. Geertman, Y. Lin & F.G. van Oort (2018). Making the ‘invisible’ visible: redevelopment-induced displacement of migrants in Shenzhen, China. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 42 (3), 483-499. doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.12646
    • H.R.A. Koster, F.F. Cheng, M.J.A. Gerritse & F.G. van Oort (2018). Place-based policies, firm productivity and displacement effects: evidence from Shenzhen, China. Journal of Regional Science. doi: 10.1111/jors.12415
    • N. Cortinovis & F.G. van Oort (2018). Between spilling over and boiling down: network-mediated spillovers, local knowledge base and productivity in European regions. Journal of Economic Geography.
    • Y.Y. Liu, Y. Lin, S. Geertman & F.G. van Oort (2018). Towards inclusive and sustainable transformation in Shenzhen: urban redevelopment, displacement patterns of migrants and policy implications. Journal of Cleaner Production, 173, 24-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.224
    • N. Cortinovis, J. Xiao, R.A. Boschma & F.G. van Oort (2017). Quality of government and social capital as drivers of regional diversification in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 17 (6), 1179-1208. doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbx001
    • H. Heiligenberg, G. Heimeriks, M. Hekkert & F.G. van Oort (2017). A habitat for sustainability experiments: success factors for innovations in their local and regional contexts. Journal of Cleaner Production, 169, 204-215. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.177
    • Y. Liu, S. Geertman, Y. Lin & F.G. van Oort (2017). Heterogeneity in displacement exposure of migrants in Shenzhen, China. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44 (15), 2562-2581. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1391078
    • Y.Y. Liu, S. Tang, S. Geertman, Y. Lin & F.G. van Oort (2017). The chain effects of property-led redevelopment in Shenzhen: price-shadowing and indirect displacement. Cities, 67, 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.04.017
    • B. Karreman, M.J. Burger & F.G. van Oort (2017). Location choices of multinationals in Europe: the role of overseas communities. Economic Geography, 93 (2), 131-161. doi: 10.1080/00130095.2016.1248939
    • M.J.P.M. Thissen, T. Graaff & F.G. van Oort (2016). Competitive network positions in trade and structural economic growth: a geographical weighted regression analysis for European regions. Papers in Regional Science, 95 (1), 159-180. doi: 10.1111/pirs.12224
    • J. Knoben, A. Ardikan, F.G. van Oort & O. Raspe (2016). Agglomeration and firm performance: one firm’s medicine is another firm’s poison. Environment and Planning A: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 48 (1), 132-153. doi: 10.1177/0308518X15602898
    • G. Guastella & F.G. van Oort (2015). Regional heterogeneity and interregional research spillovers in European innovation: modelling and policy implications. Regional Studies, 49 (15), 1772-1787. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1034668
    • F.G. van Oort, P. Witte, B. Wiegman & T. Spit (2015). Kiezen of delen: beleidsstrategieën rond ruimteconflicten in Nederlandse binnenhavens. Tijdschrift Vervoerswetenschap, 51 (3), 98-123.
    • N. Cortinovis & F.G. van Oort (2015). Variety, economic growth and knowledge intensity of European regions: a spatial panel analysis. Annals of Regional Science, 55 (1), 7-32. doi: 10.1007/s00168-015-0680-2
    • T. Dogaru, M.J. Burger, B. Karreman & F.G. van Oort (2015). Functional and sectoral division of labour within Central and Eastern European countries: evidence from greenfield FDI. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 106 (1), 120-129. doi: 10.1111/tesg.12093
    • F.G. van Oort, S. de Geus & T. Dogaru (2015). Related variety and regional economic growth in a cross-section of European regions. European Planning Studies, 23 (6), 1110-1127. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2014.905003
    • F. Cheng, F.G. van Oort, P. Hooimeijer & S. Geertman (2014). Science parks and the co-location of high-tech small- and medium-sized firms in China’s Shenzen. Urban Studies (print), 51, 1073-1089. doi: 10.1177/0042098013493020
    • W. Jacobs, H.R.A. Koster & F.G. van Oort (2014). Co-agglomeration of knowledge-intensive business services and multinational enterprises. Journal of Economic Geography, 14 (2), 443-475. doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbs055
    • Y. Liu, F.G. van Oort, S. Geertman & Y. Lin (2014). Institutional determinants of brownfield formation in Chinese cities and urban villages. Habitat International, 44, 72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.05.005
    • P. Witte, B. Wiegmans, T. Spit & F.G. van Oort (2014). Governing inland ports: A multi-dimensional approach to addressing inland port-city challenges in European transport corridors. Journal of Transport Geography, 36, 42-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.02.011
    • M.J. Burger, E. Meijers & F.G. van Oort (2014). Regional spatial structure and retail amenities in the Netherlands. Regional Studies, 48, 1972-1992. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2013.783693
    • T. Broekel, P.A. Balland, M.A. Burger & F.G. van Oort (2014). Modeling knowledge networks in economic geography: a discussion of four methods. Annals of Regional Science, 53 (2), 423-452. doi: 10.1007/s00168-014-0616-2
    • P. Witte, F.G. van Oort, B. Wiegmans & T. Spit (2014). European corridors as carriers of agglomeration economies? European Planning Studies, 22, 2326-2350. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2013.837153
    • M.J. Burger, E. Meijers & F.G. van Oort (2014). The development and functioning of regional urban systems. Regional Studies, 48, 1921-1925. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2014.979782
    • M.J. Burger, E. Meijers & F.G. van Oort (2014). Multiple perspectives on functional coherence: heterogeneity and multiplexity in the Randstad. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 105, 444-464. doi: 10.1111/tesg.12061
    • M.J. Burger, M.J.P.M. Thissen, D. Diodato & F.G. van Oort (2014). The magnitude and distance decay of trade in goods and services: new evidence for European countries. Spatial Economic Analysis, 231-259. doi: 10.1080/17421772.2014.930166
    • F.G. van Oort & N. Bosma (2013). Agglomeration economies, inventors and entrepreneurs as engines of European regional productivity. Annals of Regional Science, 51, 213-244. doi: 10.1007/s00168-012-0547-8
    • W. Steenbeek, B. Volker, H. Flap & F.G. van Oort (2012). Local businesses as attractors or preventers of neighborhood disorder. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 49, 213-248. doi: 10.1177/0022427810397948
    • T. Graaff, F.G. van Oort & R.J.G.M. Florax (2012). Modeling regional population-employment dynamics across different sectors of the economy. Journal of Regional Science, 52 (1), 60-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00753.x
    • B. Sleutjes, F.G. van Oort & V. Schutjens (2012). A place for area-based policy. The survival and growth of local firms in Dutch residential neighborhoods. Journal of Urban Affairs, 34 (5), 533-558. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2012.00616.x
    • F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger, J. Knoben & O. Raspe (2012). Multilevel approaches and the firm-agglomeration ambiguity in economic growth studies. Journal of Economic Surveys, 26 (3), 468-491. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2012.00723.x
    • M. Storper, C. Marrewijk & F.G. van Oort (2012). Processes of change in urban systems. Journal of Regional Science, 52, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00750.x
    • T. Graaff, F.G. van Oort & R.J.G.M. Florax (2012). Sectoral heterogeneity, accessibility and population-employment dynamics in Dutch cities. Journal of Transport Geography, 25, 115-127. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.06.013
    • O. Raspe & F.G. van Oort (2011). Firm heterogeneity, productivity and spatially bounded externalities. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 45, 38-47. doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2010.08.002
    • M. Bok & F.G. van Oort (2011). Agglomeration economies, accessibility and the spatial choice behavior of relocating firms. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 4, 5-24.
    • S. Vinciguera, K. Frenken, J. Hoekman & F.G. van Oort (2011). European infrastructure networks and regional innovation in science-based technologies. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 20 (5), 517-537. doi: 10.1080/10438599.2011.562358
    • T. Dogaru, F.G. van Oort & M.J.P.M. Thissen (2011). Agglomeration economies in European regions: perspectives for objective-1 regions. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 102 (4), 486-494. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00676.x
    • J. Knoben, R. Ponds & F.G. van Oort (2011). Employment from new firm formation in the Netherlands: agglomeration economies and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 23, 135-157. doi: 10.1080/08985620903183736
    • O. Raspe & F.G. van Oort (2011). Growth of new firms and spatially bounded knowledge externalities. Annals of Regional Science, 46, 495-518. doi: 10.1007/s00168-009-0357-9
    • M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & G.A. van der Knaap (2010). A treatise on the geographical scale of agglomeration externalities and the modifiable areal unit problem. Scienze Regionali (print), 9, 19-40.
    • R. Ponds, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken (2010). Innovation, spillovers, and university-industry collaboration: an extended knowledge production function approach. Journal of Economic Geography, 10, 231-255. doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbp036
    • M.J.P.M. Thissen & F.G. van Oort (2010). European place-based development policy and sustainable economic agglomeration. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 101 (4), 73-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2010.00620.x
    • M. Brienen, M.J. Burger & F.G. van Oort (2010). The geography of Chinese and Indian greenfield investments in Europe. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 51 (2), 254-273. doi: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.2.254
    • F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger & O. Raspe (2010). On the economic foundation of the urban network paradigm. Spatial integration, functional integration and economic complementarities within the Dutch Randstad. Urban Studies (print), 47 (4), 725-748. doi: 10.1177/0042098009352362
    • B. de Goei, M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & M. Kitson (2010). Functional polycentrism and urban network development in the Greater South East UK: evidence from commuting patterns 1981-2001. Regional Studies, 44 (9), 1149-1170. doi: 10.1080/00343400903365102
    • K. Frenken, R. Ponds & F.G. van Oort (2010). The citation impact of research collaboration in science-based industries: a spatial-institutional analysis. Papers in Regional Science, 89, 351-371. doi: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00309.x
    • F.G. van Oort, J. Oud & O. Raspe (2009). The urban knowledge economy and employment growth: A spatial structural equation modelling approach. Annals of Regional Science, 43 (4), 859-877. doi: 10.1007/s00168-009-0299-2
    • R. Ponds & F.G. van Oort (2009). Spatial patterns of innovation in science-based technologies in the Netherlands. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 99 (2), 238-247. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00458.x
    • J. Hoekman, K. Frenken & F.G. van Oort (2009). The geography of collaborative knowledge production in Europe. Annals of Regional Science, 43 (3), 721-738. doi: 10.1007/s00168-008-0252-9
    • M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & G. Linders (2009). On the specification of the gravity model of trade: zeros, excess zeros and zero-inflated estimation. Spatial Economic Analysis, 4 (2), 167-187. doi: 10.1080/17421770902834327
    • G. Linders, M.J. Burger & F.G. van Oort (2008). A rather empty world: the many faces of distance and the persistent resistance to international trade. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1, 439-458. doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsn019
    • J. Weltevreden, O. Atzema, K. Frenken, K. de Kruijf & F.G. van Oort (2008). The geography of internet adoption by independent retailers in the Netherlands. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 35 (3), 443-460. doi: 10.1068/b33032
    • K. Frenken, F.G. van Oort & T. Verburg (2007). Related variety, unrelated variety and regional economic growth. Regional Studies, 41, 685-697. doi: 10.1080/00343400601120296
    • R. Ponds, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken (2007). The geographical and institutional proximity of research collaboration. Papers in Regional Science, 86, 423-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00126.x
    • F.G. van Oort (2007). Spatial and sectoral composition effects of agglomeration economies in the Netherlands. Papers in Regional Science, 86, 5-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2006.00088.x
    • D.P. van Soest, S. Gerking & F.G. van Oort (2006). Spatial impacts of agglomeration externalities. Journal of Regional Science, 46, 881-899. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2006.00488.x

  • Professional Publication (3)

    • F.G. van Oort, A. Weterings, L. Nedelkoska & F. Neffke (2016). Arbeidsmobiliteit, skill-gerelateerdheid en stedelijke innovatie. TPEdigitaal, 104-121.
    • P. Elhorst, F.G. van Oort & E. Verhoef (2016). Canon deel 24: Ruimtelijke economie. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 148-153.
    • M. Thissen & F.G. van Oort (2015). Concurrentiekracht van polycentrische steden. Stedebouw & Ruimtelijke Ordening, 1 (96), 16-20.

• Book / Monograph / Book editorial (3)

  • Scholarly Publication (2)

    • P. McCann, F.G. van Oort & J. Goddard (2017). The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation. London: Routledge
    • M.J.P.M. Thissen, F.G. van Oort, D. Diodato & A. Ruijs (2013). Regional competitiveness and smart specialization in Europe. Place-based development in international economic networks. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

  • Professional Publication (1)

    • F.G. van Oort, E. Meijers, M. Burger, M. Thissen & M. Hoogerbrugge (2015). De concurrentiepositie van Nederlandse steden in netwerkperspectief: van agglomeratiekracht naar netwerkkracht. Den Haag: Platform31

• Part of book - Chapter (16)

  • Scholarly Publication (12)

    • M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & E. Meijers (2019). Examining spatial structure using gravity models. In L. D'Acci (Ed.), The Mathematics of Urban Morphology (pp. 471-479). Cham: Birkhäuser
    • P. McCann & F.G. van Oort (2019). Theories of agglomeration and regional economic growth: a historical review. In R Capello & P Nijkamp (Eds.), Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories. Second edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
    • T. Dogaru, F.G. van Oort & N. Cortinovis (2017). Smart specialisation and local economic development in Eastern Europe. In The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation (pp. 145-164)
    • M.J.P.M. Thissen, F.G. van Oort & O. Ivanova (2017). Good growth, bad growth: A wake-up call of smart specialisation. In The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation (pp. 81-104). London: Routledge
    • P. McCann, F.G. van Oort & J. Goddard (2017). Introduction to the empirical and institutional dimensions of smart specialisation. In The empirical and institutional dimensions of smart specialisation (pp. 1-7). London: Routledge
    • F.G. van Oort & M.J.P.M. Thissen (2017). Regional economic competition and place based policies. In Robert Huggins & Piers Thompson (Eds.), Handbook of regions and competitiveness: contemporary theories and perspectives on economic development (pp. 192-206). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
    • F.G. van Oort, S. de Geus & T. Dogaru (2016). Related variety and regional economic growth in a cross-section of European regions. In Second-rank cities in Europe. Structural dynamics and growth potential (pp. 70-87). London: Routledge
    • F.G. van Oort (2015). Stedelijk economisch beleid voor werkgelegenheid en innovatie. In W. Hafkamp, J. Koffijberg, T. Rutjens & T. Teisman (Eds.), De stad kennen, de stad maken (pp. 13-17). Den Haag: Platform
    • F.G. van Oort (2015). Unity in variety? Agglomeration economics beyond the specialization-diversity controversy. In C. Karlsson, M. Andersson & T. Norman (Eds.), Handbook of research methods and applications in economic geography (pp. 259-271). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
    • F.G. van Oort & J. Lambooy (2014). Cities, knowledge and innovation. In M. Fischer & P. Nijkamp (Eds.), Handbook of Regional Science (pp. 475-488). Berlin: Springer
    • O. Raspe & F.G. van Oort (2014). Entrepreneurial opportunity in innovative urban environments. In C. Karlsson, B. Johansson, K. Kobayashi & R. Stough (Eds.), Knowledge, innovation and space (pp. 29-50). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
    • P. McCann & F.G. van Oort (2009). Theories of agglomeration and regional economic growth: a historical review. In R. Capello & P. Nijkamp (Eds.), Handbook of regional growth and development theories (pp. 19-32). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

  • Professional Publication (2)

    • P. Elhorst, F.G. van Oort & E. Verhoef (2016). Ruimtelijke Economie. In Canon van de Economie. ESB Books
    • F.G. van Oort, N. van Geelen & H. Thoele (2016). Towards an evolutionary network approach of cluster policies: skill-relatedness, FDI and multilevel governance in Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands. In Spatial Planning in a Complex World of Change (pp. 186-210). Groningen: InPlanning

  • Semiscientific Publication (2)

    • F.G. van Oort & W. Tuinenburg (2016). Arbeidsmarkt achilleshiel van de Rotterdamse economie. In Economische verkenningen Rotterdam 2016 (pp. 14-19)
    • F.G. van Oort (2015). Smart urban regions: de metropolitane en mainport economie in tandem voor transitie. In Getting Smart, Tijdsbeeld van de transitie naar de Next Economy in de Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag en de Drechtsteden (pp. 16-23)

• Report (2)

  • Scholarly Publication (1)

    • F.G. van Oort, A. Weterings, L. Nedelkoska & F. Neffke (2015). Ruimte geven aan economische vernieuwing. Arbeidsmobiliteit en skill-gerelateerdheid in Nederlandse regio’s. (Extern rapport). : Den Haag: Ministerie van I&M en Universiteit Utrecht.

  • Professional Publication (1)

    • F.G. van Oort, H. de Groot & M. Smit (2017). Synergies between metropolitan, agglomeration, infrastructure and network policies in urban Europe: the Lower Rhine Region case study. (Extern rapport). : Nederlandse Provincies (IPO) & European Union

• Internet article (1)

  • W. Chen, B. Los, P. McCann, R. Ortega-Arguiles, M. Thissen & F.G. van Oort (2017). Exposure to Brexit in regions on both sides of the Channel. (nieuwsbrief). VOXEU CEPR. (available: 19 Dec 2017).

• Contribution weekly / daily journal (6)

  • F.G. van Oort (2016, november 15). De strijd om de slimme stedeling. Trouw
  • F.G. van Oort (2016, november 11). Rotterdam op zoek naar nieuw bloed. NRC
  • F.G. van Oort (2016, mei 9). Financieel dagblad. Nederland komt om in de valleys, clusters en delta’s
  • F.G. van Oort Steden, agglomeratie en borrowed size. Interview Radio FM, 18-6-2015
  • F.G. van Oort Kleine steden kunnen ‘omvang lenen’ en groot werken. Trouw, 17-6-2015,
  • F.G. van Oort Wordt Rotterdam rijk van de EXPO2025? Studio Erasmus, 6-10-2015

• Award (1)

  • F.G. van Oort (2017). Societal Impact Award. Overig.

• Television or radio appearance (1)

  • F.G. van Oort (Interview) (2016, feb 17). Arbeidsmarkt de Achilleshiel van de Rotterdamse economie. [televisie-uitzending]. In TV Rijnmond.

Teaching (6)

PhD list (3)

Present position