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The Research Group on Governments and Markets comprises researchers from the University of Barcelona, Columbia University and European University Institute. The primary objective of our group is to perform high quality research in economics and in other related disciplines linked to our primary field of analysis: the interaction between governments and markets. We are concerned with the analysis of motives and effects of public intervention on markets, and the implications of the public policy issues that are analyzed. Among other actions, we put an especial emphasis on the internationalization of our research activities. Furthermore, the Research Group on governments and markets hosts the Pasqual Maragall Chair of Economics and Territory.
News
New: The academic article of Daniel Albalate is cited in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/16/the-federal-government-wants-to-change-the-definition-of-drunk/?print=1
Seminar: Ramón Núñez Sánchez (Universidad de Cantabria) presents '' Demand uncertainty and overcapacity in Spanish Port Authorities for the period 1986-2005'', Wednesday, April 24th 2013. 13:00. Aula 320 ERE.
New: Jordi Rosell (GIM-UB) wins one of the prizes awared by the Societat Econònimica d'Amics del País for economic development of the city of Barcelona and its suburbs, for a comparative analysis of public-private bus service. The title of the article: Ciutat, creixement econòmic i eficiència dels serveis públics: Anàlisi econòmic del model de gestió del servei d'autobusos a l'àrea metropolitana de Barcelona
New: Germà Bel, director of the Research Group on Governments and Markets, teaches a graduate course at the Master in Public Administration / Public Policy at the Wilson School - Princeton University. Princeton University - Spring 2013- WWS582a Urban Economics and Policy (Syllabus)
New: Joan Calzada (GIM-UB), Jacint Jordana (UPF-IBEI), José Tavara (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) and Arturo Vásquez (OSINERG) organize the International Workshop on Assessing Universal Service Policies in Latin America. The Workshop will take place in Lima (Peru) on the 1st of June 2013. Call for papers
News: Anastasiya Yarygina, the assistant researcher of the Research Group on Governments and Markets, received from the Economists Association of Catalonia the award for the Best Graduate Curriculum Vitae of Catalonia in 2012-2011.
http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/ca/menu_eines/noticies/2012/12/018.html
New : Germà Bel and Daniel Albalate have published the book The Economics and Politics of High Speed Rail: Lessons from Experiences Abroad ; Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers (Lexington Books).
New: Joan Calzada (GIM-UB), organizes the International Conference on Access to the Universal Public Energy Services. The Conference will be hold in Lima (Peru), on the 30th and the 31st of May, 2013.
http://www.osinergmin.gob.pe/newweb/pages/Publico/CongresoInternacional/
News: Doctor Daniel Albalate is awarded with Joan Sardà Dexeu Prize ginven by Colegio de Economistas for the collective work ''La indústria catalana després de la crisis '' to the best book on economics and enterprising.
http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/ca/menu_eines/noticies/2011/11/042.html
Tel: +34 93 402 0813 . Fax: +34 93 402 4573 . Contacte: albalate@ub.edu