Spatial Economics
The field of Spatial Economics addresses four themes: urban and regional economics, land use, transportation, and natural resources and sustainable environmental development. The methodologies span and combine a wide range, varying from empirical methods to equilibrium modelling and theoretical analytics. Many researchers combine policy-oriented with fundamental research.
Spatial Economics
The field of Spatial Economics addresses four themes: urban and regional economics, land use, transportation, and natural resources and sustainable environmental development. The methodologies span and combine a wide range, varying from empirical methods to equilibrium modelling and theoretical analytics. Many researchers combine policy-oriented with fundamental research.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Buurma-Olsen, J., Kost, HansR.A., van Ommeren, J. and Damsté, J.S. (2025). Quantifying misallocation of public housing Journal of Public Economics, 242:1--16.
Koster, HansR.A. and Rouwendal, J. (2024). Housing market discount rates: evidence from bargaining and bidding wars International Economic Review, 65(2):955--1002.
Koster, HansR.A. (2024). The Welfare Effects of Greenbelt Policy: Evidence from England Economic Journal, 134(657):363--401.
Koster, HansR.A. and Thisse, J.F. (2024). Understanding Spatial Agglomeration: Increasing Returns, Land, and Transportation Costs Annual Review of Economics, 16:55--78.
Noailly, J., Nowzohour, L., van den Heuvel, M. and Pla, I. (2024). Heard the news? Environmental policy and clean investments Journal of Public Economics, 238:.
Discussion Papers
25-060/VIII - Evaluating connectivity metrics for biodiversity conservation
Date: October 10, 2025
25-033/VIII - Timing is Everything: Labor Market Winners and Losers during Boom-Bust Cycles
Date: May 16, 2025
25-031/VIII - Going the distance? A meta-analysis of the deterring effect of distance in tourism
Date: April 25, 2025
25-002/VIII - Do energy-efficient homes improve residents’ health? Evidence from insurers' records
Date: January 24, 2025
24-081/VIII - Using Nudging Information to Manage Congestion and Emissions in a Road and Metro Network
Date: December 31, 2024
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Climate shift uncertainty and economic damages
Gernot Wagner (Columbia University, United States)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
When Leases get Longer: The Impact of Tenure Security in Rental...
Jordi Jofre-Monseny (University of Barcelona, Spain)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:50 - 17:35
Local Spillovers of an Industrial Policy: Exogenous-Shock Shift-Share...
Fábio Bentz Maciel
- PhD Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
The Polarization Paradox: Why More Connections Can Divide Us
Philip Ushchev (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Workshop
| Amsterdam | 13:00 - 18:00
TI Network Economics Day
Andrea Galeotti (London Business School, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar, TI Complexity in Economics Seminars
Academic Distinctions
August 18, 2024
Kieran Marray receives Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minor Grant...
Kieran Marray
July 24, 2024
An NWO Open Competition - SSH L grant has been awarded to Jos...
Hans Koster,Jos van Ommeren