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Martijn J. Burger, BA MSc

PhD student, Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics

University Education and Academic Degrees

Current: PhD in Urban and Regional Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

2006: Research MSc in Sociology and Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University (Cum Laude)

2005: MSc in Economics and Business, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Cum Laude)

2003: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Sciences, University College, Utrecht University (With Honors)

Personal

Areas of Research Interest

- Economic sociology, urban and regional economics, economics of networks, economics of agglomerations

- Spatial econometrics, network analysis, gravity modeling, applied statistics, experimental research

- Economic and social history, international trade, world history, Dutch Golden Age

Current and Past Research Projects

1. Economics of Agglomeration and Networks

2. Urban Networks and City Development

3. Gravity Models and Trade

4. Network Formation Models

Publications and Work in Preparation

Some documents can be downloaded. If not, please request by e-mail.

Articles in Refereed International Journals

Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger & Otto Raspe (in press, 2009), ‘On the economic foundations of the urban network paradigm. Spatial integration, functional integration and urban complementarities within the Dutch Randstad’. Accepted and forthcoming in Urban Studies. Working paper version: GaWC Research Bulletin 243,

Bastiaan de Goei, Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. van Oort & Michael Kitson (in press, 2009), ‘Functional polycentrism and urban network development in the Greater South East UK: Evidence from commuting patterns, 1981-2001’. Accepted and forthcoming in Regional Studies. Working paper version: GaWC Research Bulletin 268.

Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. van Oort & Gert-Jan M. Linders (in press, 2009), ‘On the specification of the gravity model of trade: zeros, excess zeros and zero-inflated estimation’. Accepted and forthcoming in Spatial Economic Analysis. Working paper version: ERIM Research Report 2009-003-ORG

Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. van Oort & Bert van der Knaap (in press, 2009), ‘A treatise of the geographical scale of agglomeration externalities and the modifiable areal unit problem’. Accepted and forthcoming in Scienze Regionali - Italian Journal of Regional Science. Working paper version: ERIM Research Report 2008-076-ORG

Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. van Oort, Koen Frenken & Bert van der Knaap (2009), ‘Networks and economic agglomerations’, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie - Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 100(2), 139-144.

Martijn J. Burger & Vincent Buskens (2009), ‘Social context and network formation: an experimental study’, Social Networks, 31(1), 63-75. Working paper version: ISCORE paper 234.

Bastiaan de Goei, Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. van Oort & Michael Kitson (2008), ‘Testing the super-region’, Town and Country Planning, 77(11), 458-464. Working paper version: GaWC Research Bulletin 296.

Gert-Jan M. Linders, Martijn J. Burger & Frank 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(3), 439-458.

International Books and Contributions to Edited Volumes

Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger & Otto Raspe (2008), ‘Inter-firm relations and economic clustering in the Dutch Randstad region’, in Uwe Blien & Gunther Maier (eds), The Economics of Regional Clusters: Networks, Technology and Policy, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, Chapter 9, pp. 145-165.

Articles in Refereed Dutch Journals

Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger & Gert-Jan M. Linders (2008), ‘De vele gezichten van afstand in internationale handelsrelaties‘, Tijdschrift voor Politieke Ekonomie - Digitaal, 2(4), 106-124.

Frank G. van Oort, Otto Raspe & Martijn J. Burger (2007), ‘Economische netwerken en stedelijke complementariteit in de Randstad’, Kwartaalschrift Economie, 4(1), 11-25.

Dutch Books and Contributions to Edited Volumes

Martijn J. Burger, Gert-Jan M. Linders, Frank G. van Oort & Sandra M.W. Phlippen (2009), ‘Afstand en internationale handel’, in L. van der Laan & M. Versantvoort, Networks and Regional Analysis, Delft: Eburon, pp. xx-xx .

Frank G. van Oort, Judith van Brussel, Otto Raspe, Martijn J. Burger, Jacques van Dinteren & Bert van der Knaap (2006), Economische Netwerken in de Regio, Den Haag/Rotterdam: Ruimtelijk Planbureau/NAI Uitgevers.

Professional Publications

Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger & Ronald S. Wall (2008), Metropool aan de macht: lessen uit de grote wereld, FD Outlook, November 2008, 53-59.

Ronald S. Wall and Martijn J. Burger (2008), ‘Netprint Almere: Almere’s city hierarchy and urban performance in a world city network’, Wall Research Design / Erasmus University Rotterdam, 38 pp.

Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger, Otto Raspe & Jan Ritsema van Eck (2007), ‘De Randstad hangt als los zand aaneen’, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 4510, 292-295.

Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. van Oort, Otto Raspe & Bert van der Knaap (2007), ‘Steden in de netwerkeconomie’, Geografie, 16(4), 34-36.

Martijn J. Burger (2003), ‘The forgotten gold? The importance of the Dutch opium trade in the seventeenth century’, Eidos 2, 16-21.

Working Papers

Martijn J. Burger, Otto Raspe & Frank G. van Oort (2009), ‘Agglomeration economies and firm performance: a mixed hierarchical and cross-classified model’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martijn J. Burger & Bas Karreman (2009), ‘Worldwide differences in executive pay, culture and economic growth’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martijn J. Burger, Ronald S. Wall & Bert van der Knaap (2008), ‘Measuring urban competition on the basis of flows between cities with application to the world city network’, GaWC Research Bulletin 273, Loughborough University.

Ronald S. Wall, Martijn J. Burger & Bert van der Knaap (2009), ‘National competitiveness as a determinant of the geography of global corporate control networks’, GaWC Research Bulletin 285, Loughborough University.

Lambert van der Laan, Martijn J. Burger and Kees-Jan van Vliet (2009), ‘Regional value creation: the role of relation-specific investments’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Evert Meijers & Martijn J. Burger (2009), ‘Spatial structure, urbanization externalities and labor productivity in U.S, metropolitan areas’, Working Paper, Delft University of Technology.

Mark P.M.J. Thissen, Martijn J. Burger & Frank G. van Oort, ‘Mortgages and house bubbles’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Sandra M.W. Phlippen & Martijn J. Burger (2009), ‘Proximity and alliance formation in the biopharmaceutical industry’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martijn J. Burger, Lambert van der Laan, Bastiaan de Goei & Fieke M.J. Huisman (2009), ‘The dynamics of urban systems: a network analysis of metropolitan interaction patterns in England, 1981-2001’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Matthias Brienen, Martijn J. Burger & Frank G. van Oort (2009), ‘The geography of Chinese greenfield investments in Europe’, Working Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Work in Progress

Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger, Mark P.J.M. Thissen & Evert-Jan Visser (2009), ‘One profile fits all? The evolution of urban industrial structure in the Dutch Randstad region (1950-2005)’, Mimeo, Utrecht University.

Martijn J. Burger & Evert J. Meijers (2009), ‘Functional versus morphological polycentrism: two sides of the same coin?, Mimeo, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martijn J. Burger, Frank M.H. Neffke & Frank G. van Oort (2009), ‘Agglomeration externalities and spatial bewilderment: a field experiment on the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem’, Mimeo, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martijn J. Burger & Frank G. van Oort (2009), On the dynamics of urban systems: evidence from commuting patterns in the Randstad region, 1947-2006, Mimeo, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Martijn J. Burger (2009), ‘The dynamics of urban systems: a panel data approach’, Mimeo, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Editorial Activities

Guest editor for special issue of Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic and Social Geography) on ‘Networks and Economic Agglomerations’, 100(2), February 2009.

Reviewing Activities

Regional Studies

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Conference and Workshop Organization:

Organizer of Networks and Economic Agglomeration workshop, Rotterdam, March 2009 (with Lambert v/d Laan)

Organizer of Applications of Network Analysis workshop, Rotterdam, November 2006 (with Rik Wenting).

Organizer of Sociology and Social Research conference, Utrecht, April 2005 (with Katrin Drasch and Joris v/d Veer)

Teaching and Teaching-Assistantships:

Present

At the Erasmus School of Economics

- Governance, Clusters and Networks (Master, 2006-2008)

- Methods, Statistics and Research Project (Bachelor-1, 2007-2008, assistant)