Deadline for submission of abstracts until May 15, 2014
Call for abstracts
Is open the call for abstracts of the XL edition of the Spanish Regional Studies Meting which is being organized in Asturias under the auspices of the Spanish Regional Science Association and will take place in Zaragoza the 20st-21nd November, 2014.
The theme of this edition of the conference is Financing and the role of the regions and towns in the economic recovery.
On behalf of the Aragonese Regional Science Association, we invite you to participate in the XL Conference of Regional Studies, which will be held in Zaragoza the 20th-21st November 2014. As previous editions, we intend to create a discussion forum on Regional Science, between academics and professionals on different disciplines: economic, geography, maths, econometrics, sociology etc. With the debate and discussion we intend to help in the economic making decision process at municipal, regional, national or international level. With respect to this last issue, note that our meeting is open to researches from several countries, within and outside the European Union. This is also the identity of the 7th Seminar Jean Paelinck, that will be held simultaneously in Zaragoza, and whose sessions are open to all participants in the XL Conference of Regional Studies.
The lemma of the XL Conference of Regional Studiesis the following: “FINANCING AND THE ROLE OF REGIONS AND TOWNS IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY”. In the present economic context, it is necessary to work on the design of those measures that contribute to overcome the huge economic crisis we are facing to. In this sense, the correct distribution of economic resources at municipal or regional level is a key tool to get it.
The organizing committee is composed by members of the University of Zaragoza and members of the research groups of Quantitative Economic Analysis (GAEC) and Public Economy, both from the University of Zaragoza.
The Scientific Committee is responsible for selecting the contents of the conference. It is presided by Prof. José Villaverde Castro and comprises academics from external universities and institutions. This Committee is responsible for guaranteeing the quality of the presented papers as well as the correct organization of the debates, round tables, etc.
The languages of the XL Conference of Regional Studies are Spanish and English, and the conference will be held in November, 20th-21st. The Conference Sites are the Faculty of Economic and Enterprise and “Paraninfo” of the University of Zaragoza
From these lines, we want to encourage participating in the XL Conference of Regional Studiesto those professional interested in Regional Science. As previously said, we think that diverse perspectives will improve the present state of arts in Regional Science and increase efficiency in the development of national economic growth policies, in general, and policies aimed at the recovery from the present economic crisis, in particular.
On behalf of the Aragonese Regional Science Association, the Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee, we would like to give special thanks to all the sponsors of this event. We would also like express our wish that this edition of the conference – which, like its predecessors, will prove to be a valuable forum from academic and professional perspectives and in terms of its social impact. Moreover, this forum will offer us the opportunity to discuss the main issues in regional science in the presence of old and new colleagues.