This Summer School is designed for Economics PhD students with an interest in Urban and Regional topics. In addition to those students specialized in Urban and Regional Economics, we encourage the participation from PhD students in Labour, Development, Public, Trade and other applied fields who...

The courses (and tentative topics) are: - Evaluation of Public Policies (Jeffrey Smith & Michael Lechner) Regression discontinuity - Efficiency Analysis in the Public Sector (Tim Coelli & Andrew Street)

The objective of the Summer School is twofold. The first objective is to offer a one-week intensive training programme for PhD students on Fiscal Federalism. With this aim this year the Summer School will offer two 10-hour courses on the topics of ‘Tax Competition’ and on ‘Urban Public...