Spatial Economics
This field addresses four themes: urban and regional dynamics, land use, transportation, and environment and resources. Many researchers combine policy research with fundamental research.
Researchers in this field
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Key Publications
van der Ploeg, F. and Rezai, A. (2019). The agnostic's response to climate deniers: Price carbon! European Economic Review, 111:70-84.
Koster, H. and van Ommeren, J. (2018). Place-based policies and the housing market. Review of Economics and Statistics.
Cheshire, P., Hilber, C., and Koster, H. (2018). Empty homes, longer commutes: The unintended consequences of more restrictive local planning. Journal of Public Economics, 158(2):126-151.
van der Ploeg, F. and de Zeeuw, A. (2018). Climate tipping and economic growth: Precautionary capital and the price of carbon. Journal of the European Economic Association, 16(5):1577–1617.
Koster, H., Cheng, F., Gerritse, M., and van Oort, F. (2018a). Place-based policies, firm productivity and displacement effects: evidence from Shenzhen, China. Journal of Regional Science.
Discussion Papers
19-075/VIII - A World Divided: Refugee Centers, House Prices, and Household Preferences
Date: November 16, 2019
19-067/VIII - Autonomous cars and dynamic bottleneck congestion revisited: how in-vehicle activities determine aggregate travel patterns
Date: September 20, 2019
19-065/VIII - Productivity effects of an exogenous improvement in transport infrastructure: accessibility and the Great Belt Bridge
Date: September 13, 2019
19-061/VIII - The Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Regional Competitiveness
Date: August 21, 2019
19-046/VIII - Participatory Value Evaluation: a novel method to evaluate future urban mobility investments
Date: July 05, 2019
Upcoming events
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Identifying the Information Effect of Flood Events: A Near-Miss...
David Maddison (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
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Pierre Picard (Université du Luxembourg)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
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Coen Teulings (University of Utrecht)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
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The stationary spatial equilibrium with migration costs
Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
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Hendrik Wolff (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
- Spatial Economics Seminar