LSE creators

Number of items: 56.
Centre for Economic Performance
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya, Kriticos, Sebastian (2021). Measuring urban economic density. Journal of Urban Economics, 125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.103188
  • Baruah, Neeraj, Henderson, J. Vernon, Peng, Cong (2020). Colonial legacies: shaping African cities. Journal of Economic Geography, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaa026 picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony J. (2020). Building the city: from slums to a modern metropolis. Review of Economic Studies, 0(0), 0-0. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa042 picture_as_pdf
  • Eberle, Ulrich J., Henderson, J. Vernon, Rohner, Dominic, Schmidheiny, Kurt (2020). Ethno-linguistic diversity and urban agglomeration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(28), 16250 - 16257. picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya, Kriticos, Sebastian (2018). Measuring urban economic density. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1569). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Baruah, Neeraj G., Henderson, J. Vernon, Peng, Cong (2017). Colonial legacies: shaping African cities. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP226). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Lall, Somik Vinay, Henderson, J. Vernon, Venables, Anthony J. (2017). Africa's cities: opening doors to the world. World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/9781464810442
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David (2016). The global spatial distribution of economic activity:nature, history and the role of trade. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0198). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony J. (2016). Building the city: sunk capital, sequencing andinstitutional frictions. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0196). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
    • Geography and Environment
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Thisse, Jacques-François (2024). Urban and spatial economics after 50 years. Journal of Urban Economics, 144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2024.103711 picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Liu, Vivian (2023). Urban land markets and city development: Sub-Saharan Africa. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 44). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Su, Dongling, Zhang, Qinghua, Zheng, Siqi (2022). Political manipulation of urban land markets: evidence from China. Journal of Public Economics, 214, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104730 picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya, Kriticos, Sebastian (2021). Measuring urban economic density. Journal of Urban Economics, 125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.103188
  • Baruah, Neeraj, Henderson, J. Vernon, Peng, Cong (2020). Colonial legacies: shaping African cities. Journal of Economic Geography, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaa026 picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony J. (2020). Building the city: from slums to a modern metropolis. Review of Economic Studies, 0(0), 0-0. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa042 picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A. (2020). Urbanization in the developing world too early or too slow? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34(3), 150-173. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.34.3.150 picture_as_pdf
  • Eberle, Ulrich J., Henderson, J. Vernon, Rohner, Dominic, Schmidheiny, Kurt (2020). Ethno-linguistic diversity and urban agglomeration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(28), 16250 - 16257. picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony J. (2020). Building the city: from slums to a modern metropolis. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 2). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Brandt, Loren, Zhang, Qinghua (2020). Does investment in national highways help or hurt hinterland city growth? Journal of Urban Economics, 115, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.05.001
  • Kriticos, Sebastian, Henderson, J. Vernon (2019). The prospects for manufacturing-led growth in Africa’s cities. (IGC Growth Brief Series 020). International Growth Centre. picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Kriticos, Sebastian (2018). The development of the African system of cities. Annual Review of Economics, 10, 287-314. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-080217-053207
  • Henderson, Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David (2018). The global distribution of economic activity: nature, history, and the role of trade. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(1), 357-406. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx030
  • Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Brandt, Loren, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Zhang, Qinghua (2017). Roads, railroads and decentralization of Chinese cities. Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(3), 435-448. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00660
  • Chen, Ying, Henderson, J. Vernon, Cai, Wei (2017). Political favoritism in China’s capital markets and its effect on city sizes. Journal of Urban Economics, 98, 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2015.10.003
  • Glaeser, Edward, Henderson, J. Vernon (2017). Urban economics for the developing world: an introduction. Journal of Urban Economics, 98, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2017.01.003
  • Lall, Somik Vinay, Henderson, J. Vernon, Venables, Anthony J. (2017). Africa's cities: opening doors to the world. World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/9781464810442
  • Freire, Tiago, Henderson, J. Vernon, Kuncoro, Ari (2017). Volunteerism after the tsunami: the effects of democratization. World Bank Economic Review, 31(1), 176-195. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhv036
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Storeygard, Adam, Deichmann, Uwe (2017). Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa? Journal of Development Economics, 124, 60-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.09.001
  • Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Zhang, Qinghua, Brandt, Loren (2016). When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments.
  • Henderson, Vernon, Venables, Anthony J., Regan, Tanner, Samsonov, Ilia (2016). Building functional cities. Science, 352(6288), p. 946. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7150
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David (2016). The global spatial distribution of economic activity:nature, history and the role of trade. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0198). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony J. (2016). Building the city: sunk capital, sequencing andinstitutional frictions. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0196). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Lee, Yong Suk (2015). Organization of disaster aid delivery: spending your donations. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 63(4), 617-664. https://doi.org/10.1086/681277
  • Cai, Hongbin, Henderson, J. Vernon, Zhang, Qinghua (2013). China's land market auctions: evidence of corruption? RAND Journal of Economics, 44(3), 488-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12028
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David N. (2012). Measuring economic growth from outer space. American Economic Review, 102(2), 994-1028. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.2.994
  • Feler, Leo, Henderson, J. Vernon (2011). Exclusionary policies in urban development: under-servicing migrant households in Brazilian cities. Journal of Urban Economics, 69(3), 253-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2010.09.006
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Kuncoro, Ari (2011). Corruption and local democratization in Indonesia: the role of Islamic parties. Journal of Development Economics, 94(2), 164-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.01.007
  • Henderson, J. Vernon (2010). Cities and development. Journal of Regional Science, 50(1), 515-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00636.x
  • Henderson, Vernon, Venables, Anthony J. (2009). The dynamics of city formation. Review of Economic Dynamics, 12(2), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2008.06.003
  • Arzaghi, Mohammed, Henderson, J. Vernon (2008). Networking off Madison Avenue. Review of Economic Studies, 75(4), 1011-1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00499.x
  • Davis, James C., Henderson, J. Vernon (2008). The agglomeration of headquarters. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 38(5), 445-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.05.002
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Ono, Yukako (2008). Where do manufacturing firms locate their headquarters? Journal of Urban Economics, 63(2), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2007.02.006
  • da Mata, D., Deichmann, U., Henderson, J. V., Lall, S. V., Wang, H. G. (2007). Determinants of city growth in Brazil. Journal of Urban Economics, 62(2), 252-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2006.08.010
  • Henderson, J. Vernon (2007). Understanding knowledge spillovers. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 37(4), 497-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.11.010
  • Aarland, Kristin, Davis, James C., Henderson, J. Vernon, Ono, Yukako (2007). Spatial organization of firms: the decision to split production and administration. RAND Journal of Economics, 38(2), 480-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2171.2007.tb00079.x
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Wang, Hyoung Gun (2007). Urbanization and city growth: the role of institutions. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 37(3), 283-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.11.008
  • Au, Chun-Chung, Henderson, J. Vernon (2006). How migration restrictions limit agglomeration and productivity in China. Journal of Development Economics, 80(2), 350-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.04.002
  • Au, Chun-Chung, Henderson, J. Vernon (2006). Are Chinese cities too small? Review of Economic Studies, 73(3), 549-576. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00387.x
  • Arzaghi, Mohammed, Henderson, J. Vernon (2005). Why countries are fiscally decentralizing. Journal of Public Economics, 89(7), 1157-1189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.009
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Wang, Hyoung Gun (2005). Aspects of the rural-urban transformation of countries. Journal of Economic Geography, 5(1), 23-42. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlecg/lbh052
  • Black, Duncan, Henderson, Vernon (2003). Urban evolution in the USA. Journal of Economic Geography, 3(4), 343-373. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbg017
  • Henderson, Vernon (2003). The urbanization process and economic growth: the so-what question. Journal of Economic Growth, 8(1), 47-71. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022860800744
  • Davis, James C., Henderson, J. Vernon (2003). Evidence on the political economy of the urbanization process. Journal of Urban Economics, 53(1), 98-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00504-1
  • Henderson, J. Vernon (2003). Marshall's scale economies. Journal of Urban Economics, 53(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00505-3
  • Henderson, Vernon (2002). Urban primacy, external costs, and quality of life. Resources and Energy Economics, 24(1-2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0928-7655(01)00052-5
  • Becker, R., Henderson, Vernon (2002). Effects of air quality regulations on polluting industries. In Gray, W. B. (Ed.), Economic Costs and Consequences of Environmental Regulation . Ashgate Dartmouth.
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Thisse, Jacques-François (2001). On strategic community development. Journal of Political Economy, 109(3), 546-568. https://doi.org/10.1086/321017
  • Henderson, Vernon, Lee, Todd, Lee, Yung Joon (2001). Scale externalities in Korea. Journal of Urban Economics, 49(3), 479-504. https://doi.org/10.1006/juec.2000.2202
  • Henderson, Vernon, Becker, Randy (2000). Political economy of city sizes and formation. Journal of Urban Economics, 48(3), 453-484. https://doi.org/10.1006/juec.2000.2176
    • International Growth Centre
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A. (2020). Urbanization in the developing world too early or too slow? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34(3), 150-173. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.34.3.150 picture_as_pdf
  • Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Zhang, Qinghua, Brandt, Loren (2016). When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments.
    • LSE
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony (2020). Building the city: from slums to a modern metropolis. [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3908703
  • Kriticos, Sebastian, Henderson, J. Vernon (2019). The prospects for manufacturing-led growth in Africa’s cities. (IGC Growth Brief Series 020). International Growth Centre. picture_as_pdf
  • Henderson, Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David (2017). Replication Data for: "The Global Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade". [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mo6rjt
  • Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Brandt, Loren, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Zhang, Qinghua (2017). Roads, railroads and decentralization of Chinese cities. Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(3), 435-448. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00660
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Brandt, Loren, Turner, Matthew, Zhang, Qinghua (2016). Replication data for: "Roads, Railroads and Decentralization of Chinese Cities". [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/fazje4
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Shalizi, Zmarak, Venables, Tony (2001). Geography and development. Journal of Economic Geography, 1(1), 81-106. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/1.1.81
    • Urban and Spatial Programme
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya, Kriticos, Sebastian (2021). Measuring urban economic density. Journal of Urban Economics, 125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.103188
  • Baruah, Neeraj G., Henderson, J. Vernon, Peng, Cong (2017). Colonial legacies: shaping African cities. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP226). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David (2016). The global spatial distribution of economic activity:nature, history and the role of trade. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0198). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Henderson, J. Vernon, Regan, Tanner, Venables, Anthony J. (2016). Building the city: sunk capital, sequencing andinstitutional frictions. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0196). Spatial Economics Research Centre.