

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

Key Publications





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
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
The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land...
Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
China in Africa: Building Access to Resources?
Jason Garred (University of Ottawa, Canada)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Title to be announced
Felix Tintelnot (The University of Chicago, United States)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Investigate and Promote Sustainable Behavior in Urban Development
Yacan Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, China)
- Spatial Economics Seminar
Academic Distinctions
Steven Poelhekke obtains NWO Open Competition SSH-M Grant
Maarten Bosker,Paul Pelzl,Steven Poelhekke
Zhiling Wang obtains a NWO Open Competition SSH-XS Grant
Zhiling Wang
SNSF Research Grant
Gerard van der Meijden,Joelle Noailly,Steven Poelhekke