Vernon Henderson

School Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics

Vernon Henderson is the School Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He has conducted research on aspects of urbanisation and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, China, USA, Brazil, Korea and Indonesia over many years and is widely published in the main economics journals. To see his current work follow http://www.lse.ac.uk/geographyAndEnvironment/whosWho/staff%20profiles/VHenderson.aspx and http://urbanisation.econ.ox.ac.uk/.

Recent work by Vernon Henderson

Changing population distribution: The roles of nature and history

The dynamic interplay of geography, technology, economic growth, and history has changed the way population is distributed

Articles : Infrastructure & Urbanisation

Vernon Henderson Tim Squires Adam Storeygard David Weil

Published 25.01.18
When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments

Quantitative models may prove to be weak substitutes for direct empirical evidence; for evidence-based policymaking, research technique matters

Articles : Infrastructure & Urbanisation

Nathaniel Baum-Snow Vernon Henderson Matthew Turner Qinghua Zhang Loren Brandt

Published 09.11.17

Vernon Henderson

Recent work by Vernon Henderson

Changing population distribution: The roles of nature and history

When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments