Miren Lafourcade organized, jointly with Laurent Gobillon, the 15th Regional and Urban Economics Seminar (RUES) on the topic “Agglomeration Economies“, on december 6 from 13:30 to 17:30, at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP).
Conference Program:
13:30 : Keynote speaker 1: Diego Puga (CEMFI-Madrid) : « Cities of Dreams », co-authored with Jorge De la Roca (University of Southern California) and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (London School of Economics & University of Bologna).
Discussant : Benoît Schmutz (Howard University).
14:30 : Keynote speaker 2: Pierre-Philippe Combes (GATE-CNRS & Sciences Po Paris) : « Do large departments make academics more productive ? Sorting and agglomeration economies in research », co-authored with Clément Bosquet (THEMA-University of Cergy-Pontoise).
Discussant : Alexander Lembcke (OCDE).
15:30 : Coffee break.
16:00 : Contributed lecture: Clément Bosquet (THEMA-University of Cergy-Pontoise) : « Why does birthplace matter so much ? Sorting, learning and geography », co-authored with Henry G. Overman (London School of Economics).
Discussant : Sylvie Charlot (GATE-LSE, University of Lyon 2).
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Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP)
Grand Salon de la Maison du Cambodge
17, boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
Transport Access : RER B – stop at “Cité Universitaire”
Metro line n°4 – stop at “Porte d’Orléans”, then walk 10mn or take
tramline T3 and stop at “Cité Universitaire” (see dedicated leaflet)
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Organizing Committee:
Laurent Gobillon : laurent.gobillon psemail.eu
Miren Lafourcade : miren.lafourcade ens.fr