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
Fellows
Fellows
PhD Students
PhD Students
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
19-023/VIII - The Welfare Effects of Greenbelt Policy: Evidence from England
Date: March 23, 2019
19-020/VIII - Residential parking costs and car ownership: Implications for parking policy and automated vehicles
Date: March 13, 2019
19-017/VIII - Regulating dynamic congestion externalities with tradable credit schemes: does a unique equilibrium exist?
Date: February 20, 2019
19-006/VIII - Priority Roads: the Political Economy of Africa's Interior-to-Coast Roads
Date: January 27, 2019
19-007/VIII - Tradable permits to manage urban mobility: market design and experimental implementation
Date: January 27, 2019
Upcoming events
Seminar
| 12:15 - 13:15
Title to be announced
Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| 12:15 - 13:15
Title to be announced
Matt Cole (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| 12:15 - 13:15
Title to be announced
John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
- Spatial Economics Seminar