Matté Hartog
Matte Hartog joined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2015. He served as a Visiting Fellow in 2014.
His research focuses on the role of knowledge diffusion through external sources in fostering structural change of economies. For new economic activities to develop in countries, cities and firms, an influx of new capabilities is often necessary, which can be obtained through the inflow of organizations (for instance, multinational companies) and people from elsewhere. Matte particularly focuses on economic development in Colombia and Mexico.
He graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master degree in Local Economic Development and from Utrecht University with a Master degree in Human Geography and Planning, and conducted PhD research on economic development in Colombia, Finland, The Netherlands and Sweden.
For more information, please see his Harvard Scholar page
Current Research/Projects | Areas of Expertise |
Labor Mobility & Export Diversification in Colombia |
Knowledge Diffusion Agents of Structural Change |
Immigration & Structural Transformation of the US Economy |
Networks Regional and Firm Diversification |
Regional Growth |
Featured Publications
- Ron Boschma & Matté Hartog, M., 2014. Merger and Acquisition Activity as Driver of Spatial Clustering: The Spatial Evolution of the Dutch Banking Industry, 1850–1993. Economic Geography, 90:3, 247-266.
- Broekel, T.,Hartog, M., 2013. Explaining the Structure of Inter-Organizational Networks using Exponential Random Graph Models," Industry and Innovation, 20:3, 277-295,
- Hartog, M., Boschma, R., Sotarauta, M., 2012. The Impact of Related Variety on Regional Employment Growth in Finland 1993–2006: High-Tech versus Medium/Low-Tech. Industry and Innovation, 19:6, 459-476.
Contact Information
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138