
Alexandra L Cermeño
Researcher

My main research is focused on economic historical geography. I am particularly interested about the interrelations of economic growth, geographical differences and size of markets. I have worked with data on the twentieth century in the United States, late Middle-Ages and Early Modern Sweden, and 19th century Spain. I am particularly interest in the analysis of the effect of place-based policies on inequality in terms of time and space, combining historical data and use of modern techniques such as Geographic Information Systems and spatial econometrics.
Publications
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Economic progress in twentieth-century Portugal: revisiting the evidence
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Nuno Palma, Renato Pistola
(2026) Economics and Human Biology, 61
ArticleThe geographical origins of the wealth of regions
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Carla Salvo, Jacob Weisdorf
(2026) Cliometrica, 20 p.339-416
ArticleThe decline of child stunting in 122 countries : a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century
Eric B Schneider, Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri, Matthew Purcell, Brian A'Hearn, Vellore Arthi, et al.
(2026) BMJ Global Health, 11
ArticleClosing the price gap : Von Thünen applied to wheat markets in 18th century Spain
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Carlos Santiago-Caballero
(2026) Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 44 p.38-68
ArticleBetween Denmark and Detroit: Ford Motor Company A/S and the transformation of Fordism 1919–1966 : by Lars K. Christensen, Aahus, Aahus Universitetsforlag, 2021, 378 pp., 419,95 DKK (hardback), ISBN 978-87-7184-835-9
Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2025) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 73 p.90-92
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)Electrifying Chicago: the emergence of an ‘electric car city’ in the early 20th century
Josef Taalbi, Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2023)
OtherStunting and wasting in a growing economy : Biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Nuno Palma, Renato Pistola
(2023) Economics and Human Biology, 51
ArticleHousehold Behaviour under rationing
John Fitzgerald, Seán Kenny, Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2023) National Institute Economic Review, 263 p.6-26
ArticleRailroads and Reform: How Trains Strengthened the Nation State
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Kerstin Enflo, Johannes Lindvall
(2022) British Journal of Political Science, 52 p.715-735
ArticleStunting and wasting in a growing economy : biological living standards in Portugal,1924-1994
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Nuno Palma, Renato Pistola
(2021) Discussion Paper Series
Working paperHousehold Behaviour in Ireland, Sweden, the US and the UK under Rationing
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Seán Kenny, John Fitzgerald
(2021) TEP Working Paper
Working paperAll roads lead to market integration : lessons from a spatial analysis of the wheat market in 18th century Spain
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Carlos Santiago Caballero
(2020) Working Papers in Economic History
Working paperThe driving forces of service localization during the 20th century : evidence from the United States
Alexandra L. Cermeno
(2019) European Review of Economic History, 23 p.145-174
ArticleCan Kings Create Towns that Thrive? The long-term implications of new town foundations
Kerstin Enflo, Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2019) Journal of Urban Economics, 112 p.50-69
ArticleUrban planning and town foundations
Kerstin Enflo, Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2019)
Web publication/Blog postCan Kings Create Towns that Thrive? : The long-run implications of new town foundations
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Kerstin Enflo
(2018) Discussion Paper
Working paperDo universities generate spatial spillovers? : Evidence from US counties between 1930 and 2010
Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2018) Journal of Economic Geography, 19 p.1173–1210
ArticleRailways and Reform: How Trains Strengthened the Nation State
Alexandra L. Cermeño, Kerstin Enflo, Johannes Lindvall
(2018) STANCE Working Paper Series , p.1-28
Working paperHow market size drove the localisation of knowledge hubs in the US
Alexandra L. Cermeño
(2018)
Web publication/Blog postKnowledge shocks diffusion and the resilience of regional inequality
Alexandra Lopez Cermeno
(2016) Working Papers in Economic History
Working paperService labour market: The engine of growth and inequality
Alexandra Lopez Cermeno
(2015)
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