Steve Gibbons, Olmo Silva & Felix Weinhardt Centre for Economic Performance SERC research chosen for visual narrative by LSE Library 'Neighbourhood turnover & teenage attainment' bit.ly/2MnUd4K

Did the Blitz enhance London's economy? New blog by Gerard Dericks & Hans Koster spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/06/did-bl…

Our new report (Steve Gibbons and Dan Graham) for the National Infrastructure Commission on the GDP benefits (or not) of redistributing employment within and between England's cities: nic.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

New SERC blog post from Felipe Carozzi on the role of demand in (brownfield) land re-development: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/07/turnin… LSE Geography & Environment

Catching up on some reading. Another interesting SERC blog post on the long run economic impact of the Blitz: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/06/did-bl…

The Beeching Axe: Did pulling up half of Britain's railways in the 1960s affect where people chose to live? Short answer: yes. Our new research here (Gibbons, Heblich, Pinchbeck) cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/…

Why we should take claims about the likely economic impact of cultural projects with a pinch of salt. My new What Works Growth blog post: bit.ly/2uWv0oZ

Shrinking homes. New SERC blog from Prof Paul Cheshire on another dimension of the housing crisis: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/09/there-… LSE Geography & Environment

SERC seminar series starts again next Friday (5th October). First up Jessie Handbury (Wharton) on Urban Revival in America. Details and full term listing: spatialeconomics.ac.uk/SERC/events/se…

Our new Centre for Economic Performance discussion paper discusses theory and evaluation evidence on incubators, accelerators and local economic growth. Freely available here: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/… Sevrin Waights Max Nathan LSE Geography & Environment

Thanks to @chriskfoye for responding to the latest SERC blog on shrinking houses: blogger.com/comment.g?blog… (original post: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/09/there-…)

New SERC blog from Max Nathan on incubators, accelerators and local economic development: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/10/incuba…

Next Friday’s SERC Centre for Economic Performance seminar. Helen Simpson (Bristol) on the effects of High Speed Rail cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/se…

New SERC blog from Hans Koster and Ted Pinchbeck on how much households will pay to avoid council tax: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2018/10/how-mu…

Heblich, Redding and Sturm on the Making of the Modern Metropolis on VoxEU: voxeu.org/article/making…(Centre for Economic Performance DP freely available here: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/…)

This week's Friday SERC Centre for Economic Performance seminar Helen Simpson (Bristol) on Commuting Fast and Slow: the Effects of High Speed Rail: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/se…

Our enduring SERC research paper on roads and firm performance in Britain (Gibbons, Lyytikäinen, Overman, Sanchis-Guarner) now available in the Journal of Urban Economics doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.…

This Friday's SERC Centre for Economic Performance urban seminar: Lindsay Relihan (LSE Geography & Environment) Branches in Local Mortgage Markets cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/se…

I decided it was time to retire the SERC blog. Final post here: spatial-economics.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-fina…. Thanks to everyone who contributed, read and commented over the last 13 years.