

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

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Discussion Papers
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
24-073/VIII - Land subsidence exposed: the impact on house prices in the Netherlands
Date: December 05, 2024
Upcoming events
Bad for Business? The Impact of Air Quality on Firm outcomes...
Corrado Di Maria (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Technological Progress in the Transition to a Sustainable Economy
Leon Bremer
- PhD Defense
Competitiveness in the Green Transition
Antonia Kurz
- PhD Defense
Public School Funding and Pupils Educational Outcomes in Brazil
Fábio Bentz Maciel
- PhD Seminars
Assessing Innovative Transport Technologies and Policies: A Spatial...
Diego Candia Riquelme
- PhD Defense
Academic Distinctions
An NWO Open Competition - SSH L grant has been awarded to Jos...
Hans Koster,Jos van Ommeren
Steven Poelhekke obtains NWO Open Competition SSH-M Grant
Maarten Bosker,Paul Pelzl,Steven Poelhekke