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Date: 05/07/2019
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the research group AQR-IREA of the University of Barcelona 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.
Keynote speakers:
-Román Arjona (European Commission)
-Alexander Lembcke (OECD)Presentations: We will accommodate around 8 to 10 papers, to be presented in plenary sessions that will complement the keynote speakers’ presentations.
Submission: Papers should be sent in pdf format to aqr_workshop@ub.edu before September 6th, 2019. Extended abstracts or incomplete drafts will also be considered, but full papers will be favoured.
Important dates:
-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
For more information, visit the Workshop website www.ub.edu/aqr/workshop/2019, or contact aqr_workshop@ub.edu.