Location of economic activities:

• agglomeration economies.
• knowledge externalities.
• sectoral specialization and geographic concentration: Clusters sectors.
• intervention and public sector business location.

Determinants of growth of cities / metropolitan areas:

• Urban Decentralization: Causes and Consequences.
• The role of the central city.
• immigration in urban environments.
• Political factors: taxation, infrastructure, land regulation.

Innovation:

• creation of knowledge spillovers and innovation.
• university-industry relations. Determinants and effects.
• Determinants and sources of innovation.
• innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Evaluation of technology policy and innovation.

Human Capital:

• human capital and location of production activities.
• local human capital externalities.
• portability of human capital. Immigration.