The IEB invites the submission of papers for presentation at the 2020 Summer School in Urban Economics

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) at the UB School of Economics invites the submission of papers for presentation at the 2020 Summer School in Urban Economics, which will take place on June 8-10, 2020. The course is aimed at PhD students with an interest in urban economics including housing, real estate, transportation, local public good provision, spatial distribution of activities, economic geography and urban or regional policy.

The objective of the summer school is to offer an intensive training program for interested PhD students. The course will provide an opportunity for students to learn about the research frontier in urban economics, discuss their own research with leading researchers in the field in a relaxed and open atmosphere and meet some of the future stars in the field.

The lecturers of the 2020 Summer School in Urban Economics are Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics), Nate Baum-Snow (University of Toronto), Donald Davis (Columbia University), Thomas J. Holmes (University of Minnesota), Miren Lafourcade (Université Paris-Saclay) and Dávid Krisztián Nágy (CREI & Universitat Pompeu Fabra).

Deadline: March 20^th, 2020. More information HERE.

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