3rd European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
At the 53st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
August 27-31, 2013
Palermo, Italy
Program Committee: Henry Overman (LSE, SERC, chair), Eleonora Patacchini (Syracuse) and Jens Suedekum (Duisburg-Essen).
Conference Program
There are no discussants in UEA sessions this year.
01A. Wed, 14-15:30. Roads and urban transport systems
- Adelheid Holl*
Highways and productivity in urban and rural locations
- Jeffrey Zax*, Ryan Hall
The effects of congestion on the propensities to telecommute and to commute off-peak
- Jeffrey Brinkman*
Transportation Technologies, Agglomeration, and the Structure of Cities
01B. Wed, 14-15:30. International trade and local labor markets
- Kristian Behrens*
Unweaving textile clusters: International trade and industrial localization
- Se-il Mun*, Yoko Konishi, Yoshihiko Nishiyama, Ji-eun Sung
Determinants of Transport Costs for Inter-regional Trade
- Jens Suedekum*, Wolfgang Dauth
Profiles of local growth and industrial change: Facts and an explanation
- Gerald Carlino*, Robert M. Hunt, Jake K. Carr, Tony E. Smith
The agglomeration of R&D labs
02A. Wed, 16-17:30. Social housing
- Tuukka Saarimaa*, Essie Eerola
Is social Housing Affordable?
- Teemu Lyytikäinen*, Essie Eerola
Housing allowance and rents: Evidence from a stepwise subsidy scheme
- Jan Möhlmann*, Mark Van Duijn, Jan Rouwendal
Restricted housing supply, house prices and welfare: Evidence from the Netherlands
- Jan Rouwendal*, Mark Van Duijn
Diverging house prices
02B. Wed, 16-17:30. Urban labour markets
- Nathaniel Baum-Snow*, Matthew Freedman, Ronni Pavan
Why Has Urban Inequality Increased?
- Wolfgang Dauth*
The Magnitude and Causes of Job Polarization - A Local Labor Market Approach
- Sabine D'Costa*, Henry Overmann
The urban wage growth premium: Evidence from British cities
- Guido De Blasio*, Samuele Poy
Local Minimum Wages and Economic Development: Italy's Evidence from the Fifties
Y. Thu, 11-12:30. UEA YOUNG SCIENTISTS / EPAINOS
- Philippe Bracke*
House Prices and Rents: Micro Evidence from a Matched Dataset in Central London
- Daniel Da Mata*
Disentangling the Causes of Informal Housing
- Vincent Boitier*
Endogenous city size in urban search models: the case of high reallocation costs
- Lusia Gagliardi*
On the Link between Employment and Technological change: has it been properly uncovered?
03A. Thu, 16-18:00. Mobility and housing
- Rosa Sanchis-Guarner*
First-come first-served: immigration, native displacement and house prices in Spain
- Massimiliano Calì*, Sami Miaari
The labour market impact of mobility restrictions: Evidence from the West Bank
- Katherine Veie, Toke Panduro*
An alternative to the standard spatial econometric approaches in hedonic house price models
- Maarten Bosker*, Harry Garretsen, Gerard Marlet, Clemens Van Woerkens
A life aquatic: flood risk and the Dutch housing market
03B. Thu, 16-18:00. Urban growth and the long-run development of cities
- María Sánchez-Vidal*, Rafael González-Val, Elisabeth Viladecans-Marsal
Sequential city growth in the US: Does age matter?
- Rafael González-Val*, David Cuberes
History and Urban Primacy: The Effect of the Spanish Reconquista on Muslim Cities
- Guido De Blasio*, Alberto Dalmazzo, Monica Andini
The Size of Political Jurisdictions: Evidence from a Fascist Consolidation
- Kristof Dascher*
Climate Change and Urban Contours: Why Countries with Denser City Centers Fight Climate Change Harder
04A. Thu, 18:00-19:30. Amenities and housing
- Paul Cheshire *, Gerard Dericks
Regulation, Rents and ‘Iconic Design’: rent acquisition by design in the tightly constrained London office market
- Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Kristoffer Moeller, Sevrin Waights*, Nicolai Wendland
Game of Zones: The Economics of Conservation Areas
- Mark Van Duijn*, Jan Rouwendal
Sorting based on amenities and income composition: Evidence on the multiplier effect
- Gerard Marlet*
Amenities and the Attraction of Dutch Cities
04B. Thu, 18:00-19:30. Diversity and social interactions
- Max Nathan*
Top team demographics, innovation and business performance: Findings from English firms and cities, 2008-9
- Jessie Bakens*, Peter Mulder, Raymond Florax
Living Apart Together: The Economic Value of Ethnic Diversity in Cities.
- Kristoffer Moeller*
Culturally clustered or in the cloud? Location of internet start-ups in Berlin
- Corentin Trevien*, Thierry Mayer
Urban Public Transportation and Firm Location Choice: Evidence from the Regional Express Rail of Paris Metropolitan area
05A. Fri, 11-12:30. Firm location and behavior
- Steven Brakman*, Charles Van Marrewijk, Harry Garretsen
Geographic Concentration of Cross Border Mergers & Acquisitions in the United States
- Yasusada Murata*, Ryo Nakajima, Ryuichi Tamura
Testing for localization using micro-geographic data: A new perspective
- Roberto Antonietti*, Giulio Cainelli
Does spatial agglomeration affect firm fixed investments? Evidence from Italian NUTS 3 regions*
- Stefano Magrini*, Margherita Gerolimetto
Space and nonlinearities in local multiplier analysis
05B. Fri, 11-12:30. Local effects of policies
- Henry Overman*, Christian Helmers
My precious! The location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source
- Hans Koster*, Jos Van Ommeren
Spatial Externalities and Place-Based Policies: Evidence from the Netherlands
- Gabriel Ahlfeldt*, Wolfgang Maennig, Felix Richter
Urban renewal after the Berlin Wall
- Amanda Ross*, Shawn Rohlin
State Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Border Analysis
06. Fri, 14-15:30. Political economy and public sector workers
- Gulia Faggio*
Relocation of Public Sector Workers: The local labour market impact of the Lyons Review
- Sascha Becker, Stephan Heblich*, Daniel Sturm
The Impact of Public Employment: Evidence from Bonn
- Christian Dippel*, Stephan Heblich, Robert Gold
Economic Integration and Political Radicalization: Evidence from German Regions
- Nicolai Wendland*, Wouter Vermeulen
Losers of Modernization: Regional Decline, Selective Migration and the Extreme Right
* Presenter