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07-03-2013 closed

  The centrality characteristics of large municipalities in Spain (with more than 75,000 inhabitants) increase their expenditure needs; yet, they have a positive impact on their fiscal capacity. As such, centrality implies certain additional costs, but it also brings some benefits. By contrast, the capital status of a municipality seems to generate mainly costs; that…

04-02-2013 closed

 The UB’s Chair in Sustainable Energy (sponsored by Funseam and affiliated to the IEB) brings together some of the world’s leading researchers specializing in energy economics, including Juan Pablo Montero and Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga.   Nearly 100 researchers in the field of energy economics from various universities around the world (MIT, London School of Economics, Erasmus…

 The meeting will be held on 29 January 2013 in the Barcelona Science Park and will include among its participants Juan-Pablo Montero (PUC-Chile) and I.Pérez-Arriaga (MIT and Universidad de Comillas) as well as other leading researchers.   The Symposium on Energy Sustainability and Competitive Markets in Barcelona will bring together high ranking researchers in the field of…