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Workshop in Urban Economics

Workshop in Urban Economics “Advances in Spatial Economics”

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The workshop intends to provide the opportunity of listening cutting-edge research on spatial and urban economics and of meeting leading scholars in these fields. Both empirical and theoretical papers will be presented.

Date

Thursday, October 26, 2023, 9:00～18:30 (JST),
(Registration from 9:00, Lecture from 9:30)

Faculties

  • Prof. K. Behrens, University of Quebec in Montreal
  • Dr. W-T. Hsu, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
  • Prof. H. Koster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Prof. J. Li, Singapore Management University
  • Prof. T. Mori, Kyoto University
  • Prof. Y. Murata, Nihon University
  • Prof. D-Z. Zen, Tohoku University

Venue

C21 Lecture hall, IDE JETRO

Target / Capacity

Researchers, graduate students, and those who are interested in the topics

Capacity: 15 persons

Language

English (no translation)

Fee

Free of charge

Organizers

Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)

Program (tentative)

(without honorifics)

Time Program

9:00-9:30

Registration
9:30-9:40 Opening remarks
9:40-10:40 High-speed rail and the spatial distribution of economic activity: Evidence from Japan's Shinkansen (with K. Hayakawa, T. Tabuchi and J.-F. Thisse)
  • Koster, Hans
10:40-10:50 Break
10:50-11:50 Are cities losing their innovation advantages? Online versus face-to-face interactions (with R. Gaetani, N. Huang and Y. Yang)
  • Li, Jing
11:50-12:50 Break
12:50-13:50 Marshall meets Bartik: Revisiting the mysteries of the trade (with R. Nakajima)
  • Murata, Yasusada
13:50-14:00 Break
14:00-15:00 Land use misallocation in a spatial economy
  • Hsu, Wen-Tai
15:00-15:10 Break
15:10-16:10 A granular spatial model (with G. Ahlfeldt and T. Albers)
  • Behrens, Kristian
16:10-16:20 Break
16:20-17:20 The future of cities under diminishing spatial frictions and decreasing population (with D. Murakami)
  • Mori, Tomoya
17:20-17:30 Break
17:30-18:30 The core-periphery model under additively separable preferences (with C. Wang and X. Zhu)
  • Zeng, Dao-Zhi

Contact:
Research Development Division (M. Inase (Ms.) , M. Ishikawa (Ms.))
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
Tel: (+81) 043-299-9667　 Fax:043-299-9731
E-mail: R_promo2E-mail