Spatial Economics
This field addresses four themes: urban and regional dynamics, land use, transportation, and environment and resources. Many researchers combine policy research with fundamental research.
Researchers in this field
Fellows
Fellows
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Konig, M., Zilibotti, F., Storesletten, K. and Song, M. (2022). From Imitation to Innovation: Where Is All That Chinese R&D Going? Econometrica, :.
Pelzl, P. and Poelhekke, S. (2021). Good mine, bad mine: Natural resource heterogeneity and Dutch disease in Indonesia Journal of International Economics, :.
Khadjavi Pour, M., Sipangule, K. and Thiele, R. (2021). Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments: An Experimental Investigation Economic Journal, :.
Fischer, C., Hübler, M. and Schenker, O. (2021). More birds than stones – A framework for second-best energy and climate policy adjustments Journal of Public Economics, 203:.
Konig, M., Hsieh, C. and Liu, X. (2020). A Structural Model for the Coevolution of Networks and Behavior Review of Economics and Statistics, :1--41.
Discussion Papers
23-059/VIII - The effect of urban trees on house prices: evidence from cut-down trees in Amsterdam
Date: September 21, 2023
23-057/VIII - Agreeing on public goods or bads
Date: September 19, 2023
23-055/VIII - Fuzzy firm name matching: Merging Amadeus firm data to PATSTAT
Date: September 18, 2023
23-050/VIII - The Impact of Venture Capital on Economic Growth
Date: August 30, 2023
23-043/VIII - The energy efficiency gap and barriers to investments
Date: July 28, 2023
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Machine Learning from Big GPS Data about the Heterogeneous Costs...
Nicolas Koch (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land...
Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
China in Africa: Building Access to Resources?
Jason Garred (University of Ottawa, Canada)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Title to be announced
Felix Tintelnot (The University of Chicago, United States)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Investigate and Promote Sustainable Behavior in Urban Development
Yacan Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, China)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Academic Distinctions
May 23, 2023
Steven Poelhekke obtains NWO Open Competition SSH-M Grant
Maarten Bosker,Paul Pelzl,Steven Poelhekke
April 21, 2023
Zhiling Wang obtains a NWO Open Competition SSH-XS Grant
Zhiling Wang
November 01, 2022
SNSF Research Grant
Gerard van der Meijden,Joelle Noailly,Steven Poelhekke