PRAC-Publications

Selected Publications

Rolf Bergs:

Together with Uwe Neumann: "Stability of Zipf's law for cities and occult spatial dependence effects: A study on the OECD countries". ArXiv preprint 31 March 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.22463
"The policy relevance of urban scaling laws: A study on impervious ground in German cities". Journal of Economic Analysis. 4(1):92; (DOI: 10.58567/jea04010006). online first: August 2024. Former preprint version: "Change of impervious space in German cities: A scaling law analysis". ArXiv preprint, 15 May 2023
Together with Rüdiger Budde: "The potential of small-scale spatial data in regional science". Editorial: Review of Regional Research Vol 42(2); (DOI: 0.1007/s10037-022-00172-3). October 2022
"Spatial dependence in the rank-size distribution of cities - weak but not negligible", in PLoS One 16(2) 0246706 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246796)
Together with Moneim Issa: "Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the area of tension between the economy and climate change: A case study at rural and city district level in Southern Germany", in Christos H Skiadas and Charilaos Skiadas (eds.): Quantitative Methods in Demography - Methods and related applications in the Covid-19 era, Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, Springer-Nature, Cham (Switzerland), 2022); preprint published in SSRN, 8 June 2020
"Spatial dependence in the rank-size distribution of cities", arXiv preprint, 7 May 2020
Ruiz-Martinez, Irune; Rolf Bergs; Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins; Ulla Ovaska; Arturs Doveiks; Javier Esparcia: Market failures in rural areas - Responding through providing public infrastructure, better accessibility and new forms of working. Research report for the Horizon 2020 prohect ROBUST, Valencia, 2020
Ovaska, Ulla; Rolf Bergs; Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins; Jesse Heley; Theresia Oedl-Wieser: Multilocality: ROBUST Public Infrastructure and Social Services Short Report, University of Aberystwyth, 2020
Together with Moneim Issa: Less commuting and climate protection - An estimation exercise for the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main region. Research report for the Horizon2020 project ROBUST, Bad Soden, March 2020
Together with Moneim Issa: What do night satellite images and small-scale grid data tell us about functional changes in the rural-urban environment and the economy? Case studies Frankfurt/Rhein-Main and Ljubljana Urban Region. Research report for the Horizon2020 project ROBUST, Bad Soden, October 2018
“The detection of natural cities in the Netherlands— Nocturnal satellite imagery and Zipf’s law". Review of Regional Research, Vol. 38 (DOI: 10.1007/s10037-018-0122-6)
“Book review on Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU (edited by S. Piattoni and L. Polverari)”, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 55/4, pp. 948-949
Nocturnal satellite images and the analysis of spatial change, Discussion paper presented at the ERSA congress, Vienna, August 2016
"De transformatie van beleidsonderzoek in Duitsland", in P.H.M. van Hoesel, J.W.M. Mevissen, B. Dekker (eds.) 2015, Kennis voor Beleid: Beleidsonderzoek in Nederland, Assen: Koninklijke van Gorcum
Simple control group analysis by matching: A brief introduction. Discussion paper PRAC, 2012
'Cross-border Co-operation, regional disparities and integration of markets in the EU', in Journal of Borderlands Studies 27, Vol. 3, 2012
'Book review (The Political Economy of the European Union, By D. McCann, Polity Press, Oxford)', in The Journal of Common Market Studies Vol. 49 No. 3, 2011
'Planning across Borders in Europe: The Need for an Economic Point of View', in Regional Studies 45/1 (January 2011)
Zur Bewertung der Wirkungen der Gemeinschaftsinitiative INTERREG III auf die europäische Integration(Vortrag auf der DEGEVAL-Tagung 2010 in Luxemburg)
Territorial Cohesion: A Chimera, Discussion Paper, PRAC, 2008
R&D Clusters and Policy, Discussion Paper, 1/2006 (Social Science Research Network)
'Book review (The Future of Europe's Rural Peripheries, ed. by L. Labrianidis)', in Regions N° 258, 2005
'Enhanced Trade Integration with Europe: Prospects of Growth and Development for Libya', in The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics VI, 2 2006
'Towards Market Integration in an Enlarged EU: The Choice of Regional Policy in the Accession Countries', in The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics III, 3 2004
'Book review (Europäische Regionalpolitik in den Grenzregionen: Die Umsetzung der INTERREG-Initiative am Beispiel des nordrhein-westfälisch-niederländischen Grenzraums, by M. Miosga, L.I.S., Passau)' in Regional Studies 36/8 2002
EU Regional and Cohesion Policy and Economic Integration of the 'Accession Countries', Invited lecture/ working paper, April 2001 (e-mail order) or to download from the Social Science Research Network
SWOT-Analysen in Strukturförderprogrammen (Vortrag auf der DEGEVAL-Tagung in Berlin 2001)
'The Political Economy of Supranational Institutions: Two Recent Contrary Standpoints', in Development Policy Review 18/3 2000
'Book review (Innovation, Industry Evolution and Employment. Ed. by D. Audretsch and R. Thurik, Cambridge, 1999)' in Development Policy Review 18/2 2000
'Die Rolle der Regionalpolitik in der Stabilisierung der Arbeitsmärkte Mittel- und Osteuropas', in GTZ/Programmbüro Privatisierung (Hg.): Privatisierung durch Politikberatung und Wirtschaftskooperation, Eschborn, 2000 (e-mail order)
'Wirtschaftspolitik und Stagnation in Libyen am Ende der 90er Jahre: Eine Bestandsaufnahme unter Rückgriff auf Prognosen von Benjamin Higgins aus den 50er Jahren', in K. Schliephake (Hg.): Libyen und nordwestliches Ägypten: Aktuelle Elemente der räumlichen Entwicklung, Reihe Würzburger Geographische Manuskripte, Heft 51, Würzburg 1999
'Book reviews (India's Economic Reforms and Development. Ed. by I.M.D. Little et.al, Oxford 1998; Decentralized Production in India. Ed. by Ph. Cadène et.al., London 1998)', in Development Policy Review 17/3, 1999
'Structural Policy and Poverty Alleviation in Europe - Lessons from Ireland', in Appropriate Technology Forum 12, 1999
'Book review (Hungary - Towards a Market Economy. Edited by L. Halpern and Ch. Wyplosz, Cambridge, 1998), in Development Policy Review 17/2, 1999
'Book review (Regional Development and Decentralisation Policy in South Korea. By L. Schätzl et.al, Singapore, 1997)', in Development Policy Review 16/1, 1998
with K. Knickel: Development Strategies at National and Provincial Level: Perspectives for Regional and Structural Policy in South Africa, Institut für ländliche Strukturforschung, Working Paper 12/1997
with H. Albrecht and K. Knickel: 'Regionalpolitik und Armutsminderung: Zur Übertragbarkeit europäischer Konzepte auf Entwicklungsländer', in Entwicklung und Ländlicher Raum 1/1998
with F. Labbouz: 'Probleme der Armut und Wohlfahrtspflege in Nordafrika', in WUQUF 1996 (Deutsches Orient-Institut), Hamburg
Transferability of European Regional Policy Patterns - Perspectives and Limits for Developing Countries, Invited Lecture, Dept. of Economics, University of Kaiserslautern, 1996 (updated 1997)
Der libysche Raffinerie- und Petrochemiesektor', in Orient 2/1992, pp. 243-251
'Mésure et indicateurs du seuil de développement économique: Un instrument pour la récherche et la planification, in Cahiers de CERES N°18, 1992, Tunis
'Productive Investment and Regionalisation in the Context of the Libyan Self Reliance Strategy', in K.McLachlan et.al.: Libya - State and Region, SOAS-Publications. London, 1989
Erdöl - Self-Reliance - Krise: Der Entwicklungsweg Libyens unter Qaddafi, IKO-Verlag, Frankfurt, 1989
'Problems of Industrialisation in Libya since the Revolution', in Libyan Studies Yearbook 19, London 1988, pp.133-140
'Libyen - Ein Modell, an dem sich die Geister scheiden', in IKA 27, 1985, pp. 30-33

Publications of former research staff:

Knickel M, Knickel K , Galli F, May D, Wiskerke JSC: "Towards a reflexive framework for fostering co-learning and improvement of transdisciplinary collaboration", Sustainability 11, 6692, 2019

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Moneim Issa:

Together with Rolf Bergs: "Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the area of tension between the economy and climate change: A case study at rural and city district level in Southern Germany", in Christos H Skiadas and Charilaos Skiadas (eds.): Quantitative Methods in Demography - Methods and related applications in the Covid-19 era, Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, Springer-Nature, Cham (Switzerland), 2022); preprint SSRN, 8 June 2020

Together with Rolf Bergs: Less commuting and climate protection - An estimation exercise for the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main region. Research report for the Horizon2020 project ROBUST, Bad Soden, March 2020

Together with Rolf Bergs: What do night satellite images and small-scale grid data tell us about functional changes in the rural-urban environment and the economy? Case studies Frankfurt/Rhein-Main and Ljubljana Urban Region. Research report for the Horizon2020 project ROBUST, Bad Soden, October 2018

Erfolgsfaktoren von Internationalisierungsprozessen bei Dienstleistungsunternehmen, in: Handbuch Führungstechnik und Organisation, HFO, 48. LfG. 2005, Berlin

Internationalisierung wissensintensiver Dienstleistungsunternehmen - Untersuchungsergebnisse zu den Branchen Logistik und Automation", Eschborn 2004, 138 Seiten (English Title: The Internationalization of the German service industries operating in the fields of High technology logistics and Automation)

Effiziente Planung für Auslandsprojekte, Eschborn 2000. 88 Seiten (English Title: Efficient Project Planning for International Projects). Co-author: in cooperation with Hiru Bijlani; G. Shanker; Mikael Henzler

Asiens Märkte, Erfahrungsberichte und Erfolgsstrategien - Deutsche Firmen berichten aus Singapur, Taiwan, Vietnem, VR China, Eschborn 1999, 146 Seiten (English Title: The Asian Markets - Market access Strategies of German Companies) Co-author: in cooperation with Stefan Dräger; Jörg Janischewski