| Leveraging urbanization in South Asia: Managing spatial transformation for prosperity and livability P Ellis, M Roberts World Bank Publications, 2015 | 367 | 2015 |
| The role of the balance of payments in economic growth JSL McCombie, M Roberts Chapters, 2002 | 170 | 2002 |
| Evaluating China's road to prosperity: A new economic geography approach M Roberts, U Deichmann, B Fingleton, T Shi Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (4), 580-594, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |
| New estimates of returns to scale and spatial spillovers for EU Regional manufacturing, 1986—2002 A Angeriz, J McCombie, M Roberts International Regional Science Review 31 (1), 62-87, 2008 | 110 | 2008 |
| Returns to scale and regional growth: the static‐dynamic Verdoorn Law paradox revisited JSL McCombie, M Roberts Journal of Regional Science 47 (2), 179-208, 2007 | 104 | 2007 |
| Analysis of spatial patterns of urban growth across South Asia using DMSP-OLS nighttime lights data N Zhou, K Hubacek, M Roberts Applied Geography 63, 292-303, 2015 | 98 | 2015 |
| Is Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa Different? JV Henderson, A Storeygard, M Roberts World Bank policy research working paper, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
| Endogenous regional growth: a critical survey M Roberts, M Setterfield Handbook of alternative theories of economic growth, 431-50, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
| Hukou and highways the impact of China's spatial development policies on urbanization and regional inequality M Bosker, U Deichmann, M Roberts Regional Science and Urban Economics 71, 91-109, 2018 | 71 | 2018 |
| Time to ACT: Realizing Indonesia's urban potential M Roberts, FG Sander, S Tiwari World Bank Publications, 2019 | 69 | 2019 |
| The growth performances of the GB counties: some new empirical evidence for 1977–1993 M Roberts Regional Studies 38 (2), 149-165, 2004 | 61 | 2004 |
| Increasing returns and the growth of industries in the EU regions: paradoxes and conundrums A Angeriz, JSL McCombie, M Roberts Spatial Economic Analysis 4 (2), 127-148, 2009 | 56 | 2009 |
| Productivity, efficiency and technological change in European Union regional manufacturing: A data envelopment analysis approach A Angeriz, J McCombie, M Roberts The Manchester School 74 (4), 500-525, 2006 | 46 | 2006 |
| What is endogenous growth theory M Roberts, M Setterfield Economic Growth: New Directions in Theory and Policy, Cheltenham, Edward …, 2007 | 45 | 2007 |
| Transport corridors and their wider economic benefits: A quantitative review of the literature M Roberts, M Melecky, T Bougna, Y Xu Journal of Regional Science 60 (2), 207-248, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Urbanization and development: Is latin america and the caribbean different from the rest of the world? M Roberts, B Blankespoor, C Deuskar, B Stewart World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| International growth spillovers, geography and infrastructure M Roberts, U Deichmann The World Economy 34 (9), 1507-1533, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| Definition matters. Metropolitan areas and agglomeration economies in a large-developing country M Bosker, J Park, M Roberts Journal of Urban Economics 125, 103275, 2021 | 40 | 2021 |
| Raising the bar for productive cities in Latin America and the Caribbean MM Ferreyra, M Roberts World Bank Publications, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
| The connectivity of South Asian cities in infrastructure networks B Derudder, X Liu, C Kunaka, M Roberts Journal of Maps 10 (1), 47-52, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
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