This paper analyses the aerospace industry through the lens of global value chains, linking a country position in the chain to the strength of its innovation system. The analysis covers the years 2007-2018 for 38 countries. The participation of countries to different stages of the GVC is proxied...

"The Spatial Economy Cities, Regions and International Trade", by Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman and Anthony J. Venables, has been seen as the best synthesis of the so-called new economic geography. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to review the book; and second, to place it in the...