Economic Geography

Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen 
is a Professor of Geography at the State University 
of New York at Buffalo. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in
1989. Her research has focused on multinationals and foreign direct investment,
export market development by small firms, producer services, innovation 
and collaboration in high technology industry, the biotechnology industry in the
United States, and labour market issues in producer services and information 
technology. She currently serves as the editor of The Professional Geographer and
is a member of the editorial board of the Annals of the Association of American
Geographers. 

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William B. Beyers
is a Professor of Geography at the University of Washington. He
earned his BA at the University of Washington in 1962, and his PhD (1967) is
also from the University of Washington. He has been on the faculty since 1967.
His research has focused on various topics in the field of economic geography,
including regional economic models, national trends in the distribution of
economic activity in the United States, the development of producer services and
cultural industries. He has also undertaken numerous economic impact studies,
on topics ranging from major league sports to arts and cultural organizations.
Gordon L. Clark
is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and Head of
the Oxford University Centre for the Environment, and Senior Research Associate
in the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, Harvard University.
An economic geographer with continuing interest in the provision of urban 
infrastructure, his current research is on institutional governance, decision-making,
and pension policy. Recent publications include The Geography of Finance, Pension
Security in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2004), and European
Pensions and Global Finance (Oxford University Press, 2003).