WORKING PAPERS

M. Binder, A-K. Blankenberg, M. Burger, B. Manotas & L. Rivas (2025) Income, pro-environmental behavior and subjective well-being: Evidence from the United Kingdom.
M.J. Burger & F. Kirsten (2025) Income, witchcraft beliefs and subjective well-being.
M.J. Burger & A. Sugati (2025) Using wellbeing data and dominance analysis to guide of quality-of-life policies in cities.
M.J. Burger, M. van Voorthuizen & M. Hendriks (2025). Crew rescheduling, work-life balance and employee well-being: Evidence from a quasi-experiment.
S. Courchesne, M.J. Burger, T. Greyling & S. Rossouw (2025) Poverty and subjective well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa: The moderating role of social capital.
T. Greyling, S. Rossouw & M.J. Burger (2025) Cheerful discontent in Africa: Exploring the disconnect between life evaluation and positive affect.
T. Greyling, S. Rossouw & M.J. Burger (2025) Soccer, sentiment, and shattering of dreams: Emotional responses at 2022 FIFA World Cup
M. Hendriks, M.J. Burger, Y. Takahashi (2025) The comparability of differently worded subjective well-being measures.
F. Kirsten & M.J. Burger (2025) Corruption, fatalistic beliefs and subjective well-being: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
L. Martinez, M.J. Burger, B. Manotas & L. Rivas (2025), Unpacking the Latin American phenomenon using the Gallup World Poll.
K. O'Connor, M.J. Burger & F. Sarracino (2025) Beyond growth: How trade contributes to subjective well-being through employment

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS ON THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING ECONOMICS

M.J. Burger, S. Courchesne, T. Greyling, K. O'Connor, S. Rossouw, F. Sarracino & R. Veenhoven (2026) Using subjective well-being as headline indicator to track human progress. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
M. van Voorthuizen, M. Burger, M. Caniels & E. Pleeging (2026) Workplace violence and employee well-being in the hospital sector. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
M.J. Burger, T. Greyling, S. Rossouw, F. Sarracino & F. Wu (2026) Social media and wellbeing in the Middle East and North Africa. World Happiness Report, Chapter 9.
H. Kamilçelebi & M.J. Burger (2026) Dark Triad and resilience to personal loss: Subjective well-being in the wake of the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquakes. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251326147
E. Arampatzi & M.J. Burger (2026) War and subjective well-being: Evidence from Yemen. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy.
M. Andreoli, F. Gerini, M. Cozzi, S. Romano, F. Boncinelli, L. Casini, E. Marone, M. Burger, M. Viccaro (2026) Stakeholders’ perceptions of factors shaping quality of life in rural areas: Evidence from two Italian case studies. Aestimum.
M.J. Burger, K. Kourtit & P. Nijkamp (2026) Editorial: Geography of happiness and wellbeing. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
E. Pleeging & M.J. Burger (2026) Hope and behavioural economics. The Oxford Compendium of Hope, Chapter 43.
M.J. Burger, S. Courchesne, I. Kostarakos, C. Peroni, F. Sarracino & S. Stavropoulos (2025) Subjective well-being and productivity in European regions. The Annals of Regional Science.
M.J. Burger & E. Arampatzi (2025) Vision 2030 and subjective well-being in Saudi Arabia, Sustainability, 17(15), 6856. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156856
M.J. Burger & N.T.P. Pang (2025) Editorial: Well-being in Asia. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1661988. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1661988
A. Tubadji, M.J. Burger & D. Webber (2025). Geographies of feeling stuck behind and radical voting in the Netherlands. Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03628-4
Y. Fang, R. Veenhoven & M.J. Burger (2025) Happiness and productivity: A research synthesis using an online findings archive. Management Review Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-025-00492-x
M.J. Burger (2025) A tribute to Ruut Veenhoven. International Journal of Happiness & Development, 9(2), 216-218.
A. Bergsma, A.B. Bakker, M.J. Burger, R. Biswas-Diener, A. Michalos, H. Kamilçelebi, M. Steeneveld, G. Brulé & V. Møller (2025). Ruut Veenhoven (1942-2024): The Secret of a Happy and Productive Life. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1-3.
M. Hoogerbrugge & M.J. Burger (2025) Urban-rural happiness paradox. The World of Regional Science – The Thematic Encyclopedia of Regional Science, 199-201.
H. Kamilçelebi & M.J. Burger (2025) Fairness perceptions mediate the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being: Evidence from Türkiye. Applied Economics Letters, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2332584
M. Hoogerbrugge & M.J. Burger (2024) Housing and urban-rural differences in subjective well-being in the Netherlands. In: Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, pp. 97-118.
M.J. Burger, M. Hendriks, & E.I. Ianchovichina (2023) Economic crises, subjective well-being, and vote switching: The case of Brazil’s 2018 presidential election, Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 2831-2853.
L. Dillenseger, M.J. Burger, & F. Munier, F. (2023). Part-time parental leave and life satisfaction: Evidence from the Netherlands, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18, 3019-3041.
M.J. Burger, M.J. Coun, J. Stoffers, S. van den Heuvel, A. VanderStukken & T. van Wayenberg (2023) Positive leadership and worker well-being in dynamic contexts: Introduction to the special issue. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1349522.
M.J. Burger & S. Eiselt (2023) Subjective well-being and populist voting in the Netherlands, Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(7), 2331-2352.
M.J. Burger & R. Veenhoven (2023), Editorial: Special issue on subjective well-being and mental health in the early days of COVID-19. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18(1), 1-8.
A. Schepen & M.J. Burger (2022). Professional financial advice and subjective well-being. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17(5), 2967-3004.
M. Hendriks, M.J. Burger & H.R. Commandeur (2022) The influence of CEO compensation on employee engagement. Review of Managerial Science, 17(2), 607-633. Winner of the 2021 Emerald Literati Award - Outstanding Paper.
I. Wijngaards, F.B. Pronk & M.J. Burger (2022) For whom and under what circumstances does email message batching work? A quasi-experiment among remote office workers. Internet Interventions, 27, 100494.
M.J. Burger, M. Hendriks & E. Ianchovichina (2022) Happy but unequal: Differences in subjective well-being across individuals and space in Colombia. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17(3), 1343-1387.
M. Hendriks & M.J. Burger (2021) Happiness and migration. Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, pp 1-23.
E. Pleeging, N.J.A. van Exel & M.J. Burger (2021). Characterizing hope: An interdisciplinary overview of the characteristics of hope. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17(3), 1681-1723.
M. Hoogerbrugge & M.J. Burger (2022). Selective migration and urban-rural differences in subjective well-being: Evidence from the United Kingdom. Urban Studies, 59(10), 2092-2109.
I. Wijngaards, F.R. Pronk, A.B. Bakker & M.J. Burger (2022). Does cognitive crafting facilitate work engagement? A study among remote and frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Health Care Management Review, 47(3), 227-235.
I. Wijngaards, O.C. King, M.J. Burger & N.J.A. van Exel (2022) Worker well-being: What it is, and how it should be measured. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17(2), 795-832.
M. Hoogerbrugge, M.J. Burger, & F. Van Oort (2022). Spatial structure and subjective well-being in North-West Europe. Regional Studies, 56(1), 75-86.
R. Veenhoven, I. Buijt, & M.J. Burger (2022) Online findings archive - a new tool for research synthesis. International Journal of Innovation Scientific Research and Review, 4(5), 2774-2784.
R. Veenhoven, F. Chiperi, X. Kang & M.J. Burger (2021), Happiness and consumption: A research synthesis using an online findings archive. SAGE Open, 11(1), 2158244020986239.
E. Pleeging, M.J. Burger & N.J.A. van Exel (2021), Hope mediates the relation between income and subjective well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(5), 2075-2102. Winner of the 2022 ARQOL Best Paper Award.
E. Pleeging, M.J. Burger & N.J.A. Van Exel (2021). The relations between hope and subjective well-being: A literature overview and empirical analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 16(3), 1019-1041.
M.J. Burger (2021) Urban-rural happiness differentials in the Netherlands, in: A. Michalos (ed.) The Pope of Happiness: A Festschrift for Ruut Veenhoven, pp. 49-58.
A.A. Rahman, S. Stavropoulos, M.J. Burger & E.I. Ianchovichina (2021). Does institutional quality moderate the relationship between corruption and subjective well-being? Economics Bulletin, 41(3), 975-996.
I. Wijngaards, M.J. Burger & N.J.A. van Exel (2021). Unpacking the quantifying and qualifying potential of semi-open job satisfaction questions through computer-aided textual analysis. Journal of Well-being Assessment, 4(3), 391-417.
R. Gaucher, M.J. Burger & R. Veenhoven (2020). Difference in mood at work and home. A new indicator of job satisfaction. Journal of Well-being Assessment, 4(3), 347-367.
M.J. Burger, M. Hendriks, E. Pleeging & J. van Ours (2020). The joy of lottery play: Evidence from a field experiment. Experimental Economics, 23, 1235-1256.
E. Pleeging, N.J.A. van Exel, M.J. Burger & S. Stavropoulos (2020). Hope for the future and willingness to pay for sustainable energy. Ecological Economics, 106900.
I. Wijngaards, S.C. Sisouw de Zilwa & M.J. Burger (2020). Extraversion moderates the relationship between the stringency of COVID-19 protective measures and depressive symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 568907.
M.J. Burger, P.S. Morrison, M. Hendriks & M.M. Hoogerbrugge (2020). Urban-rural happiness differentials across the world. In J. Hellliwell, R. Layard, J. Sachs & J.E. de Neve (Eds.), World Happiness Report 2020 (pp. 67-94). New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
A. Bakker, M.J. Burger, P. van Haren, W.G.M. Oerlemans & R. Veenhoven (2020), Raise of happiness following raised awareness of how happy one feels: A follow-up of repeated users of the Happiness Indicator website. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 5, 153-187.
E. Pleeging & M.J. Burger (2020), Hope in economics. In: S. van den Heuvel (ed.), Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope (pp. 165-178). Cham: Springer.
E. Arampatzi & M.J. Burger (2020). Facility management services and employee well-being. Journal of Facilities Management, 18(2), 109-130.
P.W. van der Zwan, J. Hessels & M.J. Burger (2020). Happy Free Willies? Investigating the relationship between freelancing and subjective well-being. Small Business Economics, 55(2), 475-491.
M. Hendriks & M.J. Burger (2020). Unsuccessful subjective well-being assimilation among immigrants: The role of shifting reference points and faltering perceptions of the host society. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(6), 1985-2006.
E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos & L. Tay (2020). The role of positive expectations for resilience to adverse events: Subjective well-being before, during and after the Greek bailout referendum. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(3), 965-995.
M. Hendriks, M.J. Burger, J.A. Rijsenbilt, E. Pleeging & H.R. Commandeur (2020). Virtuous leadership: A source of employee well-being and trust. Management Research Review, 43(8), 951-970.
C.T. Witte, M.J. Burger & E. Ianchovichina (2020). Subjective well-being and peaceful uprisings. Kyklos, 73(1), 120-158.
I. Wijngaards, M. Hendriks & M.J. Burger (2019). Steering towards happiness: An experience sampling study on the determinants of happiness of truck drivers. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 128(1), 131-148.
I. Wijngaards, M.J. Burger & N.J.A. Van Exel (2019). The promise of open survey questions - The validation of text-based job satisfaction measures. PLoS ONE 14(12) e0226408.
M. Slag, M.J. Burger & R. Veenhoven (2019). Did the Easterlin Paradox apply in South Korea 1980-2015? A case study. International Review of Economics, 66 (4), 325-351.
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.
R. Veenhoven, A.B. Bakker, M.J. Burger, P. van Haren & W.G.M. Oerlemans (2019). Effect on happiness of happiness self-monitoring and comparison with others: Using the Happiness Indicator. In Evidence-Based Positive Psychological Interventions in Multi-Cultural Contexts (pp. 1-23). Basel: Springer.
M. Hendriks, M.J. Burger, J. Ray & N. Esipova (2018). Do international migrants increase their happiness and that of their families by migrating? In J. Hellliwell, R. Layard & J. Sachs (Eds.), World Happiness Report 2018 (pp. 44-66). New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
M.M. Hoogerbrugge & M.J. Burger (2018). Neighborhood-based social capital and life satisfaction: The case of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Urban Geography, 39 (10), 1484-1509.
E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger, E. Ianchovichina, T. Röhricht & R. Veenhoven (2018). Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction with Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring. Review of Income and Wealth, 64 (S1), S80-S113.
E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger & N.A. Novik (2018). Social network sites, individual social capital and happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19 (1), 99-122.
K. Ludwigs, R. Lucas, M.J. Burger, R. Veenhoven & L.R. Arends (2018). How does more attention to subjective well-being affect subjective well-being? Applied Research in Quality of Life, 13 (4), 1055-1080.
J. Hessels, E. Arampatzi, P.W. van der Zwan & M.J. Burger (2018). Life satisfaction and self-employment in different types of occupations. Applied Economics Letters, 25 (11), 734-740.
S. Lancée, M.J. Burger & R. Veenhoven (2018). Commuting and happiness: What ways feel best for what kinds of people? In M. Friman, D. Ettema & E. Olson (Eds.), Quality of life and daily travel (pp. 79-93). Dordrecht Netherlands: Springer International Publishing AG.
M.J. Burger, P. Nullens, S. Van den Heuvel & E. Pleeging (2018). Understanding and measuring hope: The interdisciplinary challenge of the Hope Barometer 1.0. In S. Van den Heuvel & P. Nullens (Eds.), Driven by Hope: Economics and Theology in Dialogue (pp. 3-20). Leuven: Peeters
S. Lancée, R. Veenhoven & M.J. Burger (2017). Mood during commute in the Netherlands: What way of travel feels best for what kind of people? Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 104 (C), 195-208.
M.J. Burger, M. Hendriks, E. Pleeging & P.W. van der Zwan (2016). The silver linings of lottery play: motivation and subjective well-being of British lottery participants. Applied Economics Letters, 23 (18), 1312-1316.
M.J. Burger, R. Veenhoven, L. Kakar & H.R. Commandeur (2015). Genetic distance and differences in happiness across nations: some preliminary evidence. Journal of Happiness and Well-Being, 3 (2), 142-158.
E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger & R. Veenhoven (2015). Financial distress and happiness of employees in times of economic crisis. Applied Economics Letters, 22 (3), 173-179.
M.M.F. Hanstede, M.J. Burger, A. Timmermans & M.P.M. Burger (2012). Regional and temporal variation in hysterectomy rates and surgical routes for benign diseases in the Netherlands. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 91 (2), 220-225.
M.J. Burger & B. Karreman (2010). Worldwide differences in executive pay, culture, well-being, and economic growth. Environment and Planning A, 42 (2), 255-256.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS ON INDUSTRIAL, INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS

M.J. Burger, E.I. Ianchovichina & P.A. Akbar (2026) Heterogeneous agglomeration economies in developing economies: The roles of firm characteristics, sector tradability, and urban mobility. Regional Studies.
A. Sobhani, M.J. Burger, R. Cardoso & E. Meijers (2026) Media portrayal and location behavior: Crime reporting and housing prices in U.S. cities. Journal of Urban Affairs.
E.J. Meijers & M.J. Burger (2022) Small and medium-sized towns: Out of the dark agglomeration shadows and into the bright city lights? In: H. Mayer & M. Lazzaroni, A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns (forthcoming)
M.J. Burger, K. Kounetas, O. Napolitano, & S. Stavropoulos (2022). Do innovation and human capital actually narrow the technology gap? A study on champions and laggards of European regional productive performance. Regional Studies, 56(10), 1655-1670. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.2000596
M.J. Burger, J. Schalk, D. Schiller & S. Stavropoulos (2021). Regional policy and greenfield investments in German districts. Urban Science, 5(3), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5030051
E. Meijers, M.J. Burger & F.G. Van Oort (2021). The Randstad Holland between functional entity and political desire. In W. Zonneveld, V. Nadin, B. Waterhout & D. Stead (Eds.), Randstad’s Polycentric Metropolis (pp. 127-148). Routledge.
S. Stavropoulos, F.G. Van Oort & M.J. Burger (2020). Heterogeneous relatedness and firm productivity, Annals of Regional Science, 65, 403-437.
C.T. Witte, M.J. Burger & H.P.G. Pennings (2020). When political instability devaluates home-host ties. Journal of World Business, 55(4), 101077.
S. Stavropoulos & M.J. Burger (2020). Modelling strategy and net employment effects of renewable energy and energy efficiency: A meta-regression. Energy Policy, 136, 111047.
S. Stavropoulos, M.J. Burger & J. Dufourmont (2020) Urban circular policies and employment through greenfield FDI. Sustainability, 12(4), 1458.
R. Cardoso, E. Meijers, M. Van Ham, M.J. Burger & D. De Vos (2019). Why bright city lights dazzle and illuminate: A cognitive science approach to urban promises. Urban Studies, 56 (2), 452-470.
B. Karreman, M.J. Burger & F. Van Eenennaam (2019). Revealed competition between cluster organisations: An exploratory analysis of the European life sciences sector. Environment and Planning A, 51 (3), 705-723.
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.
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
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.
C.T. Witte, M.J. Burger, E. Ianchovichina & H.P.G. Pennings (2017). Dodging bullets: the heterogeneous effect of political violence on greenfield FDI. Journal of International Business Studies, 48 (7), 862-892.
M.J. Burger & E. Ianchovichina (2017). Surges and stops in greenfield and M&A FDI flows to developing countries: Analysis by mode of entry. Review of World Economics, 153 (2), 411-432.
E. Meijers & M.J. Burger (2017). Stretching the concept of 'borrowed size'. Urban Studies, 54 (1), 269-291.
M.J. Burger & E. Meijers (2016). Agglomerations and the rise of urban network externalities. Papers in Regional Science, 95 (1), 5-15.
E. Meijers, M.J. Burger & M.M. Hoogerbrugge (2016). Borrowing size in networks of cities: city size, network connectivity and metropolitan functions in Europe. Papers in Regional Science, 95 (1), 181-199.
M.J. Burger, E. Ianchovichina & B. Rijkers (2016). Risky business: political instability and sectoral greenfield foreign direct investment in the Arab world. The World Bank Economic Review, 30 (2), 306-331.
M.J. Burger (2016). Corporations and global trade. In The Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
M.J. Burger, E. Meijers, M.M. Hoogerbrugge & J. Masip Tresserra (2015). Borrowed size, agglomeration shadows and cultural amenities in North-West Europe. European Planning Studies, 23 (6), 1090-1109.
D. Schiller, M.J. Burger & B. Karreman (2015). The functional and sectoral division of labour between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: from complementarities in production to competition in producer services? Environment and Planning A, 47 (1), 188-208.
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.
S. Stavropoulos, M.J. Burger & D. Skuras (2015). Data sparseness and variance in accounting profitability. Organizational Research Methods, 18 (4), 656-678.
M.J. Burger, B. Karreman & F. Van Eenennaam (2015). The competitive advantage of clusters: cluster organisations and greenfield FDI in the European life sciences industry. Geoforum, 65 (1), 179-191.
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.
T. Broekel, P.A. Balland, M.J. Burger & F.G. Oort (2014). Modeling knowledge networks in economic geography: a comparison of four empirical strategies. Annals of Regional Science, 53 (2), 423-452.
M.J. Burger, G.A. van der Knaap & R.S. Wall (2014). Polycentricity and the multiplexity of urban networks. European Planning Studies, 22 (4), 816-840.
M.J. Burger, E. Meijers & F.G. van Oort (2014). The development and functioning of regional urban systems. Regional Studies, 48, 1921-1925.
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.
M.J. Burger, E. Meijers & F.G. van Oort (2014). Regional spatial structure and retail amenities in the Netherlands. Regional Studies, 48, 1972-1992.
T. Dogaru, M.J. Burger, F.G. Van Oort & B. Karreman (2014). The geography of multinational corporations in CEE countries: perspectives for second-tier city regions and European cohesion policy. Investigaciones Regionales, 29, 193-214.
M.J. Burger, G.A. van der Knaap & R.S. Wall (2013). Revealed competition for greenfield investments between European regions. Journal of Economic Geography, 13 (4), 619-648.
M.J. Burger, F. van Oort, R.S. Wall & M. Thissen (2013). Analysing the competitive advantage of cities in the Dutch Randstad by urban market overlap. In Metropolitan Regions - Knowledge Infrastructures of the Global Economy (pp. 375-391). Berlin: Springer
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.
M.J. Burger & E. Meijers (2012). Form follows function? Linking morphological and functional polycentricity. Urban Studies, 49 (5), 1127-1149.
R.S. Wall, M.J. Burger & G.A. van der Knaap (2011). The geography of global corporate networks: the poor, the rich, and the happy few countries. Environment and Planning A, 43 (4), 904-927.
M.J. Burger, B. de Goei, L. van der Laan & F.J.M. Huisman (2011). Heterogeneous development of metropolitan spatial structure: evidence from commuting patterns in English and Welsh city-regions, 1981-2001. Cities, 29 (2), 160-170.
E. Meijers & M.J. Burger (2010). Spatial structure and productivity in US metropolitan areas. Environment and Planning A, 42 (6), 1383-1402.
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, 47 (4), 725-748.
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.
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, 9, 19-40.
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.
M.J. Burger, F.G. Van Oort, K. Frenken & G.A. van der Knaap (2009). Networks and Economic Agglomerations: Introduction to the Special Issue. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 100 (2), 139-144.
M.J. Burger & V. Buskens (2009). Social context and network formation: An experimental study. Social Networks, 31 (1), 63-75.
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.
B. de Goei, M.J. Burger, F.G. Van Oort & M. Kitson (2008). Testing the `super-region'. Town and Country Planning, 460-468.
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.
F. van Oort, M.J. Burger & O. Raspe (2008). Inter-firm relations and economic clustering in the Dutch Randstad region. In U. Blien & G. Maier (Eds.), The Economics of Regional Clusters. Networks Technology and Policy (pp. 145-166). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar