The EIB – European Prize in Regional Science was created in 2003 to recognize outstanding regional scientists at the European level and to increase the image of ERSA in the scientific world. The EIB – European Prize in Regional Science can be awarded each year to a distinguished European regional scientist.
The EIB-ERSA prize comes with an award of €10,000 and is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world..
Professor Raymond Florax is a professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, Indiana (USA) and is affiliated with the Department of Spatial Economics at the VU Amsterdam.