The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and AQR-IREA are pleased to announce the joint 2019 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics and VII JRC Regional Modelling Workshop, to be held in Barcelona on October 24th – 25th, 2019.

The workshop will be focused on economic modelling, regional and territorial analysis, and the assessment of the spatial impact of policies. Methodological and empirical contributions will be welcomed. Studies based on Computable General Equilibrium and Macroeconometrics models will be preferred, although other approaches might be considered as well.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Deadline for papers submission: September 6th, 2019
Notification of acceptance: September 16th, 2019
Preliminary programme: September 25th, 2019
Registration opens: September 26th, 2019
Final programme: October 2nd, 2019
Registration close: October 21st, 2019

AQR RESEARCH GROUP

The University of Barcelona’s Regional Quantitative Analysis Group (AQR) is located in the University’s Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economy. Its staff, who number some forty professionals from Spain and other countries, conduct research in the field of applied economics and focus on urban and regional issues.

Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission’s science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to EU policy.

PAST EDITIONS

In 2019 the BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS reaches its eighth edition. Since 2013 our workshop also became an ERSA workshop. The spirit of our meeting is to bring together researchers in regional science and urban economics who are working in specific topics in which we concentrate our focus. For further information, please visit www.ub.edu/aqr/workshops
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