Curso - Urban Economics

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• Contenido
  Curso - Urban Economics.
  
  
  Language: English
   
  Description:
  This course will explore a range of topics related to current research in urban and regional economics: the modelling and estimation of agglomeration economies; the costs of cities and their internal structure with emphasis on land use regulations and transportation; amenities and the local supply of labour; the sizes and functions of cities. One session will also be devoted to urban economics in Colombia.
  
  Pregrado: econometría básica, macroeconomía 2, microeconomía 2
  Posgrado: ninguno
   
  Objective:
  Introduce students to the economic aspects of the study of cities, with a balanced theoretical and empirical approach.
   
  Specific objectives:
  
  

  •     Improve student’s technical abilities to modelling aspects in urban economics, as well as applied econometrics techniques to conduct research on the topic.
  •     Foster student’s critical thinking about existing research in urban economics.

  
   
  Target public:
  

  • Graduate students in economics, urban planning, sociology and political science. Policy markers interested in the topic, with a degree in any of the fields mentioned.

   
  Methodology: 3 hours per day.
  
  
  

  Schedule:
  

  
  

  Dates: July 9 to July 13, 2018
  Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  Venue: Sede Claustro, Universidad del Rosario
  Duration: 20 hours
  Type o offer: Course
  Credits: 2 UR credits (4.2 ECTS)
  Language: English
  Organized by: School of Economics
  
  Academic Organizer:
  Ana María Maldonado – Facultad de Economía

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