Publications

Selected Publications

The Political Geography of Cities: Capital Cities, Economic Fundamentals, and Urban Growth
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2026 (with Richard Bluhm and Paul Schaudt)
International Trade, Geographic Heterogeneity and Interregional Inequality
European Economic Review, 2020 (with Georg Hirte and André Seidel)
Regional Inequality, Convergence, and its Determinants – A View from Outer Space
European Economic Review, 2017 (with André Seidel)
Spatial Inequality and Development – Is there an inverted U relationship?
Journal of Development Economics, 2014
Interregional Redistribution and Mobility in Federations: A Positive Approach
Review of Economic Studies, 2011 (with Anke S. Kessler and Nico A. Hansen)

Integrating Remote Sensing and Deep Learning for Mapping Urban Housing Wealth Patterns
Geo-spatial Information Science, 2025 (with Emmanuel Nyandwi, Markus Gerke, and Pedro Achanccaray Diaz)
The Effect of Cap-and-Trade on Sectoral Emissions: Evidence from California
Energy Policy, 2024 (with Niklas Kramer)
The unequal burden of human-wildlife conflict
Communcations Biology, 2023 (with A.R. Braczkowski, C.J. O’Brian, C. Lessmann, A. Crysell, C. Rondinini, M. Stringer, L. Gib-son, S. Gilbert & D. Biggs)
Nighttime Lights and Wealth in Very Small Areas: Namibian Complete Census versus DHS Data
Review of Regional Research, 2021 (with Ilari Määttä and Thomas Ferreira)

A full list of publications is available in the CV or Google Scholar