Profile
Frédéric ROBERT-NICOUD

Frédéric Robert-Nicoud

Visiting professor, International Economics
Areas of expertise
  • Economic geography
  • Urban Economics
  • International Trade
  • Applied microeconomics

Profile
 

Frédéric Robert-Nicoud is currently an Economics professor at the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) of the U of Geneva. He held faculty positions at the LSE and HEC Lausanne, as well as visiting positions at CEMFI, CERAS, CORE, Pau, and Princeton.

He is research- and teaching-active in Economic Geography, Urban Economics, International Trade, and Applied Microeconomics. He is a member (or former member) of the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals in these fields; served for six years as an Editor of the Journal of Economic Geography and for four years as an Associate Editor of the Review of International Economics. Also a CEPR Fellow and a SERC Affiliate and a member of the  Conseil scientifique des économistes (Scientific committee) of the Société du Grand Paris (i.e., the institution in charge of implementing the "Grand Paris Express" major transportation infrastructure project). 

He holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE 2002), an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (LSE 1999 Suma cum laude), an MA in International Relations (HEID 1996), and a BA in Economics (U of Geneva 1994).

He served as the first Vice-Dean (Research) of the GSEM and is a former Vice-Coordinator of the Founding Committee for the creation of the GSEM. 

Selected publications


Journal article

  • Fretz, S., Parchet, R., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2022). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting. The Economic Journal, 132 (643), 1011–1036. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab070.
  • Peri, G., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2021). On the economic geography of climate change. Journal of Economic Geography, 21 (4), 487-491. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbab027.
  • Carrère, C., Fugazza, M., Olarreaga, M., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2020). Comparative Advantage and Equilibrium Unemployment. European Economic Review, 127, 103496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103496.
  • Carrère, C., Grujovic, A., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2020). Trade and Frictional Unemployment in the Global Economy. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18 (6), 2869–2921. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz074.
  • Kerr, W., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2020). Tech Clusters. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34 (3), 50-76. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.34.3.50.
  • Albouy, D., Behrens, K., Robert-Nicoud, F., & Seegert, N. (2019). The optimal distribution of population across cities. Journal of Urban Economics, 110, 102-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.08.004https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.08.004.
  • Brülhart, M., Carrère, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2018). Trade and towns: Heterogeneous adjustment to a border shock. Journal of Urban Economics, 105, 162-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2017.09.005.
  • Baldwin, R., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2014). Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An integrating framework. Journal of International Economics, 92 (1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2013.10.002.
  • Behrens, K., Duranton, G., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2014). Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection, and Agglomeration. Journal of Political Economy, 122 (3), 507-553. https://doi.org/10.1086/675534.
  • Behrens, K., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2014). Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Urbanisation and Inequality. The Economic Journal, 124 (581), 1371-1400. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12099.
  • Hilber, C. A. L., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2013). On the origins of land use regulations: Theory and evidence from US metro areas. Journal of Urban Economics, 75, 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2012.10.002.

Academic meeting presentation

  • Puga, D., Robert-Nicoud, F., Spanos, G., & Sartori, M. (2022). The Geography and Organization of Multi-Location Firms. Workshop REFLEX: Registry of Firms’ Life and Exit.
  • Gaubert, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2022). Sorting to Expensive Cities. 4th Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional Economics.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2019). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting. Tokyo Workshop on Spatial Economics, Frontiers in Urban Economics and Trade.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2019). Tech Clusters. 14th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2018). ​Highways, market access, and spatial sorting. 13th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (UEA), Columbia University.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2018). ​Highways, market access, and spatial sorting. Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) Summer Forum.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2017). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting. Center for Economic Studies (CESifo). CES - IFO Economic Studies.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2017). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting. 7th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (UEA).
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2015). The Optimal Distribution of Population Across Cities. 10th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2015). The Optimal Distribution of Population Across Cities. The European Economic Association Mannheim Congress.

Faculty research seminar

  • Gaubert, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2022). Sorting to Expensive Cities. Regional Disparities Seminar.
  • Gaubert, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2021). Sorting to Expensive Cities. Séminaire en ligne d'Economie Géographique.
  • Gaubert, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2021). Sorting to Expensive Cities: Income Sorting and Non Homothetic Preferences in General Spatial Equilibrium. Online Spatial and Urban Seminar.
  • Gaubert, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2020). Income Sorting and Non Homothetic Preferences in General Spatial Equilibrium. IEE Faculty Seminar.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2019). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting. Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam.
  • Robert-Nicoud, F. (2018). ​Highways, market access, and spatial sorting.. Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI).
  • Invited speaker
  • Gaubert, C., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2020). Income Sorting and Non Homothetic Preferences in General Spatial Equilibrium., Singapore, Singapore.
  • Fretz, S., Parchet, R., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2019). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting.. 4th joint AMSE/IAB/RCEA/ZEW Workshop., Marseille, France.

Book chapter

  • Behrens, K., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2015). Agglomeration Theory with Heterogeneous Agents (1 ed.). In Duranton, Henderson, and Strange (Eds.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (pp. 171-245). Elsevier.

Working Paper

  • Bohr, C., Mestieri, M., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2023). Heterothetic Cobb Douglas: Theory and Applications (18077). CEPR Discussion Paper Series.
  • Kerr, W., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2020). Tech Clusters (27421). National Bureau of Economic Research.
  • Kerr, W. R., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2019). Tech Clusters (14143). CEPR Discussion Paper Series.
  • Fretz, S., Parchet, R., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2017). Highways, market access, and spatial sorting (6770). CESifo.
  • Fretz, S., Parchet, R., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2017). Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting (0227). London: Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Carrère, C., Fugazza, M., Olarreaga, M., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2016). On the heterogeneous effect of trade on unemployment (11540). CEPR Discussion Paper Series.

Other

  • Coe, N. M., Iammarino, S., Kerr, W. R., Patacchini, E., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2021). Editorial: into a third decade. Journal of Economic Geography.