Regional Science Groningen is a joint research and education group of the Faculties of Spatial Sciences and the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen. Chairman of the department of Economic Geography is Prof. Dr. Jouke van Dijk, who is also President of the European Regional Science Association for the period 2014-2018. The research group contains several of the most cited and leading academics in regional science. Groningen also hosts the 2017 ERSA congress.

Research in Regional Science within both faculties has been concerned with issues of regional development and globalization, wellbeing, entrepreneurship, migration and mobility, spatial inequality, innovation, agglomeration, regional labour markets, urban economics, input-output analysis, demography, as well as property markets and real estate economics.

Regional Science Groningen offers top study programmes in regional sciences. The Faculty of Economics and Business is both AACSB accredited as well as EQUIS accredited. The combination of the EQUIS and AACSB accreditations is only reserved for one percent of business schools worldwide. Recently, the Master in Real Estate Studies has been RICS accredited. The Master Economic Geography offers a special interdisciplinary track focused on Regional Competitiveness and Trade.

There are around 30 faculty members involved in Regional Science research. They are at the centre of a larger group involving postgraduate researchers and PhD students. The research conducted at the University of Groningen appears in top international Regional Science, Economics, and Geography journals and its quality – as well as the standing of University researchers – has been recognized by numerous international awards and prizes.

Much of the research developed in Regional Science at the University of Groningen has important policy implications. This is reflected in the key roles played by researchers as advisers and consultants to numerous international organisations and government departments and the private sector. 

Programs and Degrees in Regional Science

Research program: towards Well-being, Innovation and Spatial Transformation (tWIST) Research: Urban and Regional Studies Institute (URSI) Phd: Graduate School of Spatial Sciences Master degree programs Bachelor degree programs	Research: SOM Research Institute Phd: Graduate School of Economics and Business Master degree programs Bachelor degree programs

Thesis on Regional Science in the last five years

2016

Fahmi, F. Z. - Ph.D. -Creative industries and regional economic development in Indonesia: Meanings, patterns and impacts

J. van Dijk & S. Koster

Modrego Benito, F. A. - Ph.D. - Entrepreneurial Regions: Causes and Consequences of the Spatial Variation of Entrepreneurship

P. McCann, M.R. Olfert & W.E. Foster

Daams, M. N. - Ph.D. - Rethinking the economic valuation of natural land: Spatial analyses of how deeply people value nature in rural areas and in cities

J. van Dijk, D. Strijker & F. Sijtsma

2015

Suparman, Y. - Ph.D. - Controlling omitted variables and measurement errors by means of constrained autoregression and structural equation modeling: Theory, simulations and application tomeasuring household preference forin-house piped water in Indonesia

J. van Dijk, H. Folmer, A. van der Vlist

Crowley, F. - Ph.D. - Empirical explorations of firm innovation, government intervention and firm performance in European countries

P. McCann & J. van Dijk

Delfmann, H. - Ph.D. - Understanding entrepreneurship in the local context: Population decline, ageing and density

P. McCann, J. van Dijk & S. Koster

Chen, Q. - Ph.D. - The role of household consumption in the Chinese economy: Input-output analyses

E. Dietzenbacher & B. Los

2014

Li, Z. - Ph.D. - Valuing the welfare effects of air pollution in the Jinchuan mining area

H. Folmer & J. Xue

Oumer, A. - Ph.D. - The role of economic integration for European cities and border regions

H. Garretsen, Harry, S. Brakman, Steven & M. Gerardus

2013

Hoogstra, G. J. - Ph.D. - Location changes of jobs and people: Analyses of population-employment interactions and impacts of gender and geography

J. van Dijk & R.J.G.M. Florax

Bijker, R. A. - Ph.D. - Migration to less popular rural areas: the characteristics, motivations and search process of migrants

D. Strijker & T. Haartsen

Pei, J. - Ph.D. - Trade, growth, regions, and the environment: Input-output analyses of the Chinese economy

J. Oosterhaven & H.W.A. Dietzenbacher

2012

Markantoni, M. - Ph.D. - Side activities by non-farmers: in search of personal and rural development

D. Strijker & S. Koster

Venhorst, V. - Ph.D. - Smart move? The spatial mobility of higher education: the spatial mobility of higher education graduates

J. van Dijk & L. van Wissen

Regional Science Scholars’

Link Staff  

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona concentrates a large number of spatial economists, working in several Research Groups and Departments and teaching a specialization in Regional and Urban issues in the Master in Economics Graduate Programme.

The Faculty enjoys the highest national and international academic recognition. The staff members working in Regional Science and Urban Economics publish in top ranked international journals, belong to Editorial Boards of international journals and lead Research Projects funded by Spanish and International Organisations. In the recent past it has hosted the Spatial Econometrics World Conference (2009) and the European Regional Science Association Conference (2011), one of the best ever organised according to many delegates. Together with the regular seminar series, the research groups of the Faculty organize regularly several International Workshops on Regional Science and Urban Economics.

Research in Regional Science and Urban Economics 

UB Economics

Master in Economics – specialization in Regional and Urban Economics

http://www.ub.edu/ubeconomics/master-in-economics/

PhD Program in Economics

http://www.ub.edu/ubeconomics/phd-in-economics/

Research Groups

Thesis on Regional Science in the last five years

2016

OMAR GARCÍA LEÓN:  Tres ensayos sobre la movilidad laboral. Aspectos metodológicos y evidencia empírica

Director: Raúl Ramos Lobo

KAREN DAVTIAN: Essays on Macroeconomic Policies and Redistribution

Directors: Josep Lluis Carrion Silvestre and Raúl Ramos Lobo

JESSICA ORDÓÑEZ CUENCA: Tres ensayos sobre Migración y Mercado Laboral en Ecuador

Directors: Raúl Ramos Lobo and Vicente Royuela

2015

ESTHER GOYA CARRILLO: R&D Cooperation: Determinants, Persitence and its effect on Firms'Innovative Perfomance

Directors: Jordi Suriñach Caralt and Esther Vayà Valcarce

DAVID CASTELLS QUINTANA: Three Empirical Essays on Concentration of Resources and Economic Growth

Director: Vicente Royuela

CAROLINA HINTZMAN: Empirical Essays on Labour Productivity in EU Manufacturing

Directors: Josep Lladós Masllorens and Raül Ramos Lobo

ÓSCAR VILLAR: Crisis and Financial Contagion: New Evidences and New Methodological Approach

Director: Josep Lluis Carrion Silvestre

2014

PAULA HERRERA IDÁRRAGA  Three Empirical Essays on Eduaction and Informality in the Labor Market of a Developing Country: The Colombian Case

Director Enrique López Bazo and Elisabet Motellón Corral

SANDRA NIETO VIRAMONTES Essays on Overeducation: Evidence from Spain

Director: Raúl Ramos Lobo

2013

LEONARDO TARIFFI – PhD Ensayos sobre los determinantes reales del tipo de cambio

Director: Raúl Ramos

ERNEST MIGUÉLEZ– PhD Mobile knowledge through mobile people: essays on geographical labour mobility of inventors in Europe

Director: Rosina Moreno and Francesco Lissoni

2012

SERGIO AFCHA - PhD Evaluación de las ayudas públicas a la I+D. Un análisis de los efectos de la adicionalidad de comportamiento

José García-Quevedo

CLAUDIA TELLO – PhD Essays on wage inequality and mobility in Mexico

Director: Raul Ramos

Students Awards in Regional Science in the last years

2016 - DAVID CASTELLS QUINTANA - Malthus living in slum: Urban concentration, infraestructure and economic growth in the Journal of Urban Economics

José Manuel Blecua Prize for the best paper in Social Sciences resulting from a PhD dissertation - 2016

2016 - DAVID CASTELLS QUINTANA -"Three Empirical Essays on Concentration of Resources and Economic Growth"

Extraordinary Prize of Doctors of the Faculty of Economic and Business of the University of Barcelona - 2015/2016.

2015 - SANDRA NIETO VIRAMONTES - Overeducation, skills and wage penalty: Evidence for Spain using PIAAC data

María Jesús San Segundo prize to the best communication of young researchers at the XXIV meeting of the Spanish Economics of Education Association 2015

2015 - ERNEST MIGUÉLEZ - What attracts knowledge workers?  The  role  of  space  and  social  connections", published in the Journal of Regional Science.   

José Manuel Blecua Prize for the best paper in Social Sciences resulting from a PhD dissertation - 2015

2015 - ERNEST MIGUÉLEZ - Essays on the geography of innovation: knowledge workers’ mobility, networks  and spillovers”

9th Award of the Council of Doctors of the University of Barcelona

2014 - ERIKA BADILLO -  Are R&D collaborative agreements persistent at the firm level? Evidence for the Spanish case.

Càtedra University - Firm collaboration to promote Firm Innovation 

Additional Information

Students Graduated (at the Master or PhD Program) are actually working in prestigious Universities and Institutions in the World, such as McGill University, University of Oxford,  IRSTEA – Grenoble (France), EAFIT University (Colombia), Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO – Geneva (Switzerland), University of Groningen, etc. 

The Faculty in the rankings

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona is in top of the world institutions in Economic Geography, Urban and Real Estate economics, Transport Economics, Tourism Economics and Economics of Human Migration. Besides, several of the research groups and scholars are also within the main research institutions in Spain. 

INVITATION
To the 13th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ International Scientific Conference
dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Faculty of Social Sciences
RETHINKING REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
28-29 November, 2013. ŠIAULIAI ARENA (J. Jablonskio str. 16, Šiauliai)

The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists, researchers, practitioners from the field of Economics, Management, Marketing, Finances and Accounting, Public Policy and Administration to discuss the contribution, role and decisions of different actors or stakeholders (business companies, government and local self-governments, non-governmental organizations) when developing the strong, competitive region.
Conference topics:
 Management of Economic Changes
 Trends of Labour Market Changes
 Current Issues of Business, Public Financial Management and Accounting
 Financial Markets and Institutional Management
 Legal Regulation of Economic-Social Environment
 Solutions of Public Policy and Administration
 Creativity and Value Innovations in Business
 Competitive Marketing Strategies
 Employees„ Competencies and Career Development
 Strategies for Sustainable Development
 Regional Management, Strategic Planning and Development

Languages of the Conference: Lithuanian, English, Russian.

You can participate at the conference:
 with presentation and submitting an article for publication;
 with presentation but without submitting an article for publication.
The duration of a presentation slot is 10 minutes.

Important dates:
 October 1, 2013. Deadline for online registration: http://registracijos.su.lt/galvanausko
 October 1, 2013. Deadline for full article submission. Authors should email the full article, signed and scanned version of author‟s warranty statement and information about authors to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 November 19, 2013: Payment of participation fee.
 November 28, 2013: Conference plenary session, discussions in sections.
 November 29, 2013: Visits to the companies, social programme.

Participation fees (in Euros):
 For participant who has submitted the article – 43€. Participation fee covers publication of the article*, coffee breaks, lunch and a social programme.
 For participant who hasn‟t submitted the article – 18€. Participation fee covers coffee breaks, lunch and a social programme.
 There is no fee for the Conference listeners.
 If you would like to participate in the conference gala dinner (28th November), please transfer additional 15€ together with conference fee.
 The conference registration fee is not refundable or transferable.

* Publication policy:
If the article is prepared according the requirements (the length of the article must be 5-15 pages) it could be published in one of the following scientific journals:
 “Social Research” referred in the databases: CEEOL, EBSCO, Index Copernicus. Articles must be prepared in English.
 “Economics and Management: Current Issues and Perspectives” referred in Index Copernicus database. Articles may be prepared in Lithuanian, English or Russian.

Information:
Agnė Prakšelytė, tel.: +370 595 880, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Conference website: http://www.su.lt/smf/galvanauskas-en

The College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs has an opening for a non-tenure track Research Associate position as the Director of the Southern Colorado Economic Forum. The faculty member will lead research on Southern Colorado’s economy and direct the annual Southern Colorado Economic Forum.

Nature of Work

The Southern Colorado Economic Forum brings together local experts from the public, private, and academic sectors to report on economic and quality of life conditions in the Pikes Peak Region. Thought of by many as our region's economic "State of the Union," the Forum offers the community an annual snapshot of local economic activity and provides forecasts to help businesses plan for the upcoming year. The Forum also regularly publishes its electronic Quarterly Updates and Estimates which is sent out to the local business community. This cooperative effort is made possible through the partnerships developed between the Forum and its local business sponsors. This long-standing partnership between the academic and business communities has produced timely, accurate, and objective economic data to guide local businesses for over 15 years.

At a minimum this position requires a Ph.D. in Economics, Urban and Regional Planning or related field from an accredited university. Candidates must have experience in conducting regional economic analysis, fundraising and grant writing, as well as experience in economic impact and economic base diversification analysis. For full job description and to apply go to www.jobsatcu.com. 

The Nectar biannual Conference took place in São Miguel Azores with the support of the NECTAR Secretariat, the Portuguese Regional Science Association (APDR) and the Center for Economic Applied Studies of the Atlantic. It was a stupendous period of exchange of views on transportation, networking and accessibility. Moments that vivified the importance of trust and risk in any scientific meeting in a beautiful  island in the middle of nowhere. Many thanks to Aura, Elisabete and Susana.

Tomaz Dentinho

APDR President

The North American Regional Science Council is pleased to announce the inaugural issue of its newsletter. The newsletter can be found at  http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=417.

Also, please note that the abstract submission deadline for the 2013 NARSC annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia is JULY 1 and is fast approaching. The abstract submission portal can be found at  http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=64.

Neil Reid, Ph.D.
NARSC Executive Director

L’Université du Sud-Toulon-Var organise,les 17 et 18 octobre, les Cinquièmes doctoriades euro-méditerranéennes quiont pourobjetdedonneraux jeunes chercheurs, doctorants et jeunes docteurs, une occasion de présenteretvaloriserleurrecherche auprèsd’un public plus largequeceluideleurUniversitéd’origine.

Le LEAD organise dans ce cadre deux types d’ateliers :

1/Un atelier sur le thème qui sera privilégié cette année :« Inégalités des territoires et dynamiques économiques »

2/Un atelier portant sur le thème  « Développement économique et social des pays du Bassin Méditerranéen», en partenariat avec le GDR International du CNRS DREEM (Développement des Recherches Économiques Euro-Méditerranéennes).

Les propositionsde communication sont àretourner à doctoriades2013.lead@gmail.com  et à  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. auplustardle 1^er  septembre2013. Elles doivent se faire à travers l’envoi d’un article (éventuellement dans une version préliminaire) ou d’une version résumée longue (d’au moins 6-7 pages).

Notez que lesfraisdetransport etd’hébergementdesparticipantsretenus serontprisen chargepar l’organisation dans lalimite d’unauteur par article.

Vous trouverez l'appel à contributions ci-joint.

9TH CONGRESS "VIRTUAL CITY AND TERRITORY" - "CITY MEMORY PEOPLE"

Roma, 2-4 ottobre 2013

NEW DEADLINE CALL FOR PAPER

Dear colleagues

On the request of many people, we are pleased to inform you that has been extended to 28 June 2013 the deadline of the call for paper to the 9th International Congress on Virtual City and Territory, "City Memory People" (Roma 2, 3 and 4 October 2013).

You will find the information on the conference website (www.9cvtroma2013.com)

We look forward to your participation.

Best regards.

Organizing Committee

Mario Cerasoli (coordinatore) - Università Roma Tre (Italia)

Anna Laura Palazzo - Università Roma Tre (Italia)

Elena Battaglini - IRES Istituto Ricerche Economiche e Sociali (Italia)

Rolando Biere Arenas - UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (España)

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TIMETABLE

14.6.2013 -data limite invio / fecha límite de presentación / submission deadline ABSTRACT

28.6.2013 - nuova data invio / nueva fecha de presentacion / new submission deadline ABSTRACT

28.6.2013 - data limite invio / fecha límite de presentación / submission deadline POSTER

31.7.2013 - comunicazione accettazione / comunicación de aceptación / acceptance notice ABSTRACT e POSTER

1.8.2013 / 30.9.2013 - Registrazione al / Registración al / Registration to 9° CCTV Roma 2013

20.8.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione ridotta (RELATORI) / fecha límite de pago reducido cuota de inscripción (PONENTES) / payment deadline reduced registration fee (SPEAKERS)

15.9.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione (RELATORI) / fecha límite de pago cuota de inscripción (PONENTES) / payment deadline registration fee (SPEAKERS)

15.9.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione ridotta (UDITORI) / fecha límite de pago reducido cuota de inscripción (ASISTENTES) / payment deadline reduced registration fee (AUDITORS)

30.9.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione (UDITORI) / fecha límite de pago cuota de inscripción (ASISTENTES) / payment deadline registration fee (AUDITORS)

2-3-4.10.2013 - 9° Congresso Città e Territorio Virtuale "CITTA' MEMORIA GENTE" - Roma 2013

31.10.2013 - data limite invio articoli completi (Atti del Congresso) / fecha límite envío de trabajos completos (Actas del Congreso) / deadline sending full papers (Conference Proceedings)

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Mario Cerasoli

Coordinador del 9° Congreso Ciudad y Territorio Virtual

CIUDAD MEMORIA GENTE

Roma, 2-4 de octubre 2013

The Department of Spatial Economics at the VU University Amsterdam is engaged in many economic problems in which space plays a prominent role. The department of Spatial Economics offers insights and applications from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

The 60 staff members are involved in both fundamental research, as well as in national and international commissioned research. With this research, the department has gained national and international recognition, as shown by the large number of international publications and awards, the appearance of different staff members as experts in the media and the presence of various section members on the typically Dutch phenomenon of 'Economists Parade'.

Programs and Degrees in Regional Science

VU Graduate School of Economics and Business MSc program STREEM: Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics		The Tinbergen Institute: graduate school and research institute in economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam

Thesis on Regional Science in the last five years

2016

Bakens, Jessie – Ph.D. – Economic impacts of immigrants and ethnic diversity on cities

H.L.F. de Groot, R.J.G.M. Florax & P. Mulder

Dimitropoulos, Alexandros – Ph.D. - Low emission vehicles: Consumer demand and fiscal policy

J.N. van Ommeren

Husby, Trond – Ph.D. – Economic impacts of behavioural responses to flood risk - Exloring general equilibrium using micro-level insights

M.W. Hofkes & H.L.F. de Groot

Jacobs-Crisioni, Chris – Ph.D. – Spatial data analyses of urban land use and accessibility

H.J. Scholten & E. Koomen

Kagan, Mark – Ph.D. – Issues in climate change economics: Uncertainty renewable energy innovation and fossil fuel scarcity

C.A.A.M. Withagen & F. van der Ploeg

Mouwen, Arnoud – Ph.D. – The impact of public transport reform: An assessment of deregulation policies

J.N. van Ommeren & C.C. Koopmans

Ryszka, Karolina – Ph.D. - Resource extraction and the green paradox: Accounting for political economy issues and climate policies in a heterogeneous world.

C.A.A.M. Withagen & G.C. van der Meijden

Wang, Zhiling. People on the move: Barriers of culture, networks and language

P. Nijkamp, T. de Graaff & B.R. Chiswick

2015

Caragliu, Andrea – Ph.D. – The economics of proximity: regional growth, beyond geographic proximity

P. Nijkamp & R. Capello

Dijk, Justin – Ph.D. – On the efficiency and effectiveness of policy instruments for the procurement of environmental services

D.P. van Soest & J.H. Ansink

Estrada Porrua, Francisco – Ph.D. – (2015, April 01). A contribution to the study of the economic causes and consequences of climate change: An interdisciplinary approach

R.S.J. Tol, E. Papyrakis & P. Perron

Gheasi, Masood – Ph.D. – Social economic aspects of the diaspora world

P. Nijkamp & P. Rietveld

Gosens, Tom – Ph.D. – The value of recreational areas in urban regions

P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal

Gubins, Sergejs – Ph.D. –Information technologies and travel

E.T. Verhoef & dr. T. de Graaff

Kobus, Martijn – Ph.D. – Economic studies on public facility use

P. Rietveld & J.N. van Ommeren

Ridderstaat, Jorge – Ph.D. – Studies on determinants of tourism demand dynamics in a small island destination

P. Nijkamp & R.R. Croes

Silva Montalva, Hugo – Ph.D. – Airport pricing policies. Airline conduct, price discrimination, dynamic congestion and network effects

E.T. Verhoef & V.A.C. van den Berg

Vries, Jacob J. de – Ph.D. – Estimation of Alonso's theory of movements for commuting

J.N. van Ommeren & P. Rietveld

Weijde, Harry van der – Ph.D. – The industrial organization of transport markets. modeling, pricing, investment and regulation in rail and road networks

E.T. Verhoef & V.A.C. van den Berg

2014

Gerritse, Michiel – Ph.D. –  Policy competition and the spatial economy

H.L.F. de Groot & E.T. Verhoef

Loon, Ruben van – Ph.D. – Tourism and the economic valuation of cultural heritage

P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal

2013

Behrens, Christian – Ph.D. – Product differentiation in aviation passenger markets. The impact of demand heterogeneity on competition

E.T. Verhoef, E. Pels & M.G. Lijesen

Duijn, Mark van – Ph.D. – Location choice, cultural heritage and house prices

P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal

Groot, Stefan – Ph.D. – Agglomeration, globalization and regional labor markets

H.L.F. de Groot & P. Rietveld

Koster, Hans – Ph.D. – The internal structure of cities
P. Rietveld & J.N. van Ommeren

Mohlmann, Jan – Ph.D. – Globalization and productivity

H.L.F. de Groot & P. Rietveld

Ozgen, Ceren – Ph.D. – Impacts of immigration and cultural diversity on innovation and economic growth

P. Nijkamp & H.J. Poot

Peer, Stefanie – Ph.D. – The economics of trip scheduling, travel time variability and traffic information E.T. Verhoef & C.C. Koopmans

Steenbruggen, John – Ph.D. – Road traffic incident management and situational awareness

P. Rietveld, H.J. Scholten & A.J. van der Vlist

Awards in Regional Science in the last ten years

Regional Science Scholars’ 

Link Staff Department

REPEC Ranking

The Department of Spatial Economics at VU University Amsterdam is a world player in the domains of Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics. REPEC ranks the Department in the top 5% of the world in the following domains: Transport Economics, Tourism Economics, Economic Geography  Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, and Urban and Real Estate economics. For the Transport Economics field it even achieves position 4 worldwide (May 2013).

No less than 7 professors from the Department are ranked by REPEC in the top 5% of Economics authors of the world, namely Peter Nijkamp, Richard Tol, Piet Rietveld, Rick van der Ploeg, Cees Withagen, Erik Verhoef and Henri de Groot.   

The University of São Paulo (USP) is the top-ranked university in Latin America, as world rankings recognize.

The University of Sao Paulo Regional and Urban Economics Lab – NEREUS – is based in the Department of Economics at USP, the top-ranked Department of Economics in the country. It draws its researchers from faculty, gra

duate and undergraduate students interested in the spatial dimension of socioeconomic processes. Many of the projects the students work on then become the basis for their Master theses and PhD dissertations. It offers students a sound academic background, which takes into consideration recent advances in theoretical and empirical Economics. About one-third of the department’s publications are on Regional Science related topics, playing a prominent role in the academic life of the Department of Economics. Moreover, students taking the field in Regional and Urban Economics can take advantage of the diversity provided by the university environment, having the opportunity to attend courses in other departments.

At the undergraduate level, courses on Regional and Urban Economics, Input-output Analysis, and Project Evaluation are regularly offered by the NEREUS faculty, with an annual attendance of around 300 students in Economics.

Graduate Courses on Regional Science – regularly offered at the Graduate Program in Economics

EAE5823              Urban Economics

EAE5853              Spatial Econometrics

EAE5918              Applied General Equilibrium Models

EAE5955              Input-Output Analysis: Theory, Foundations and Applications

EAE5975              Spatial Economics

EAE5976              Environmental Economics

EAE5983              Public Policy Evaluation

NEREUS holds a weekly seminar series providing students with the opportunity to present their work in progress in a constructive environment.

NEREUS faculty members are active researchers who publish regularly in leading academic journals in their fields. Altogether, they have published over 90 articles and 60 books and book chapters in the last five years. Their research has appeared, among others, in the following journals:

Regional Science and Urban Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy, Ecological Indicators, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Revue d'Économie Politique, Biological Sciences, EURE, Fronteras de La História, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Journal of Economic Studies, Habitat International, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, Economy of Region, Latin American Business Review, REGION, BMC Public Health, Energy Economics, The Annals of Regional Science, Journal of Regional Science, Tourism Economics, Italian Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Development Effectiveness, Regional Studies, Journal of Applied Statistics, International Regional Science Review, Economic Systems Research, Regional Science Policy and Practice, Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Journal of Economic Structures, Foreign Affairs, Studies in Regional Science, Annals of Tourism Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Papers in Regional Science.

NEREUS: Team 2016-2017

Exchange Visitors

There is a constant flow of visitors to and from NEREUS that helps fostering the international scholarly collaboration network actively involving faculty and students from the group. Recent visitors include scholars from a different range of international and domestic universities and think tanks, such as: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, American University of Beirut, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Ohio University, McMaster University, Leiden University, University of Manchester, University of Gröningen, University of Cambridge, Universidad Católica del Norte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), OCP Policy Center, Federal University of Paraná, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Federal University of Pernambuco, University of Maringá, Federal University ofUberlândia, Federal University ofBahia, among others.

Thesis and Dissertations on Regional Science in the last five years

2016

Scriptore, Juliana Souza – Ph.D. – Impacts of Sanitation on Health and Education: A Spatial Analysis – Carlos R. Azzoni

Palialol, Bruno Toni – M.A. – In-kind Transfers in Brazil: Household Consumption and Welfare Effects – Paula C. Pereda

Andrade, Luíza Cardoso de – M.A. – Spillover Effects of Blacklisting Policy in the Brazilian Amazon – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Li, Denise Leyi – M.A. – The New ENEM and the Sisu Platform: Effects on Migration and School Evasion – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Oliveira, Gabriel Lyrio de – M.A. – The Effect of Cash Transfers on Migration Flows between Brazilian Municipalities from 2008 to 2010 – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Cavalcante, Elias Celestino – M.A. – Determinants of Tax Rates in the Local Level: The Case of the ISS in the State of São Paulo – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Rozenfeld, Tales – M.A. – Economic Impacts of Road Investments under Different Financing Alternatives – Eduardo A. Haddad

2015

Imori, Denise – Ph.D. – Brazilian Regions in the Global Value Chain: Trade and the Environment – Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto

Vassallo, Moisés Diniz – Ph.D. – Sectoral and Regional Economic Impacts of Investments in Transport Infrastructure – Eduardo A. Haddad

Barufi, Ana Maria Bonomi – Ph.D. –  Agglomeration Economies and Labour Markets in Brazil – Eduardo A. Haddad

Campos, Rodrigo Calabrich – M.A. – A Spatial Impact Assessment of the Sistema Viário Oeste - Bahia: A Computable General Equilibrium and Acessibility Index Approach – Eduardo A. Haddad

2014

Chagas, Lucas Squarize – M.A. – Strategy and Lobby: An Analysis of the Interaction of Economic Groups and Campaign Contributions – Eduardo A. Haddad

Marcos, Rafael Perez – M.A. – Decomposition of the Decrease in Regional and Personal Income Inequalities in Brazil between 2004 and 2009: An Analysis via Social Accounting Matrices – Carlos R. Azzoni

Góis Sobrinho, Ednaldo Moreno – M.A. – The Location and the Innovative Gegree of the Brazilian Relevant Industrial Agglomerations – Carlos R. Azzoni

2013

Castelani, Sergio André – Ph.D. – Forests and Cities: Essays on Urban Growth and Development in the Brazilian Amazon – Danilo C. Igliori

Sidone, Otávio José Guerci – M.A. – Spatial Analysis of Scientific Production and Collaboration Networks in Brazil: 1990-2010 – Eduardo A. Haddad

Santos, Eliane Teixeira dos – M.A. – Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters in Megacities: The Case of Floods in São Paulo – Eduardo A. Haddad

Awards in Regional Science

PAULO HADDAD prize

2012 - Ana Maria B. Barufi - Expansion of undergraduate courses and the the migration of students in Brazil: an analysis with the Demographic Census of 2010

The Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award for an Early Career Scholaawardr from a Developing Country

2011 - Fernando S. Perobelli

EPAINOS Prize

2001 - Eduardo A. Haddad and Fernando S. Perobelli - Regional Absorption of Terms of Trade Shocks  

National Awards

CAPES Thesis Award 2011, Brazilian Ministry of Education

2012 - Gervásio F. dos Santos - Energy policy and regional inequalities in the Brazilian economy

BNDES Economy Award 2010 – Best Doctoral Thesis

 2011 - Gervásio F. dos Santos - Energy policy and regional inequalities in the Brazilian economy

National Confederation of Industry Prize (CNI Economics Award)

2011 - Daniela Schettini and Carlos Roberto Azzoni - Regional industrial productivity differentials in Brazil in the 21st centur

Ruy Miller Paiva Prize, Brazilian Society of Agricultural Studies (SOBER)

2007 - Joaquim Guilhoto, Carlos Azzoni, Silvio Ichihara and Fernando G. da Silveira - The importance of agribusiness activities in the Brazilian economy

Regional Science Scholars’ 

Link Staff NEREUS

Eduardo Haddad

Carlos Azzoni

Joaquim Guilhoto

Paula Carvalho Pereda

Alexandre Porsse

André Luis Chagas

Carlos Gonçalves Junior

Marcos Ki Hyung Lee

Other relevant information

The faculty group from NEREUS has organized and hosted the VIII World Conference of the RSAI (2008), the 17th International Input-output Conference (2009) and the EcoMod Network Conference (2007).

Faculty from NEREUS have led the creation of the Brazilian Branch of RSAI (ABER – Brazilian Association of Regional and Urban Studies), and have provided two of its presidents since 2002 (Carlos Azzoni, 2002-2004; Eduardo Haddad, 2008-2010).

Leading faculty from NEREUS have contributed to the creation and operation of RSAmericas, which represents the affiliated and common interests of the various Regional Science organizations of the American Continents – Eduardo Haddad was the first president of RSAmericas (2008-2010). In addition, they have actively helped in the creation of other RSAI branches in South America (e.g. Chile, Colombia and Argentina).