Inicio: junio 04, 2012 Final: junio 05, 2012
Sala de Recepcions and Room 108. Faculty of Economics and Business. University of Barcelona. c/Tinent Coronel Valenzuela, 1-11. Barcelona
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will host its second workshop on Urban Economics on the 4th and 5th June 2012. The aim of the workshop is to bring together original research in the area of urban economics. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. The accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions that will be complemented with three 3 plenary sessions.
Rafael González-Val (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
J.Vernon Henderson (Brown University)
Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Diego Puga (IMDEA)
Stuart S. Rosenthal (ENSAE-CREST)
Kurt Schmidheiny (Universität Basel)
Albert Solé-Ollé (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
William C. Strange (University of Toronto)
Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
Agglomeration Economies: measurement, scope and sources
Production and consumption amenities: wages, rents and city growth
Urban theory and models of agglomeration
Urban sprawl: causes and consequences
Land use regulations, housing markets and city growth
Spatial dimensions of labour markets
Residential segregation, poverty and neighborhoods
Evaluation of local public policies
Deadline for submission of papers: March 2, 2012
Deadline for acceptance of papers:April 2, 2012
Registration: April 2 to May 21, 2012
The registration fee of 500 euro covers documentation, coffee breaks and working lunches. Participants who present papers are exempt from this payment and free accommodation will also be provided for them. Papers should be sent to ieb.workshop@ub.edu. Only papers presented in PDF format will be considered.
