Presentation
The aim of this meeting is to discuss recent research in the area of transport and infrastructure economics. The meeting will focus on issues related to pricing, investment and competition, but research papers in other areas of transport economics and infrastructure analysis, both from empirical and theoretical perspectives, are also welcome. Around 15 papers will be accepted for presentation and discussion at the meeting, which will take place on Thursday afternoon and Friday all day at the Faculty of Economics of University of Barcelona (Av Diagonal 690, Barcelona).
Main topics of interest
Infrastructure investment and finance
Pricing issues in urban transport
Air transport and airport management
Freight economics and urban logistics
The economics of parking
Public transport: performance, efficiency and regulation
Governance, ownership and competition issues in transport
Energy and environmental issues in transport
Railway economics: infrastructure access and competition
Maritime transport and port economics
Submissions
Papers should be sent to ieb.workshop@ub.edu by November 2, 2025. Only papers presented in PDF format and no longer than 30 pages will be considered. Papers will be evaluated by the scientific committee. The acceptance decision will be notified to authors by November 30, 2025
Deadlines
Deadline for submission of papers: November 2, 2025
Notification of acceptance of papers: November 30, 2025
Registration: October 1, 2025 to January 16, 2026
Registration fees
Register at: www.ieb.ub.edu
Fee covers coffee breaks on Thursday and Friday & lunch on Friday.
Standard fee: 90 €
Ph.D students: free
Scientific committee
Daniel Albalate (Universitat de Barcelona)
Javier Campos (U. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Mattia Borsati (Universitat de Barcelona)
Tiziana D’Alfonso (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Xavier Fageda (Universitat de Barcelona)
Sofia Franco (University of California, Irvine)
Albert Gragera (UAB & IEB)
Daniel Hörcher (Imperial College & Budapest IT)
Anna Matas (UAB & IEB)
José Manuel Vassallo (UPM)
Organizing committee
Javier Asensio (UAB & IEB)
Juan Pablo Sepúlveda (UAB)
Yu Sang (UAB)
