The European Regional Science Association is offering the opportunity to participate in the 23rd ERSA Summer School that will be held August 10th – August 19th 2010 both in Stockholm and Jönköping, Sweden. The event is funded by the European Investment Bank Luxembourg, the Center for Transport Studies at KTH in Stockholm, and Jönköping University.

GOAL

The goal of the 23rd ERSA Summer School is to provide PhD-students and young researchers with
· advanced training in various fields related to productivity and financing of regional infrastructure
· an opportunity to present and discuss own research,
· skills and knowledge to advance their careers as researchers.

FORMAT

In the Summer School you can expect ten highly focused and intense days of advanced training, student presentations and discussion, and discussion of career strategies. Two excursions, one in Stockholm, and one in Jönköping, will complete the unique experience of this Summer School. The graduation dinner will be held in combination with a boat trip on the lake Vättern.

TOPIC

The Summer School will be focused on the issues of Productivity and Financing of Regional Infrastructure. In a format of combined lectures and hands on training provided by top-level experts, we will deal with the following areas in the advanced training component:
· Measuring productivity effects of regional infrastructure investment,
· Financing infrastructure investment,
· Spatial Econometrics,
· Cost Benefit Analysis,
· Spatial Computable General Equilibrium Models,
· Road pricing,
· Private-Public Partnerships.

LECTURERS

As of current planning, the following persons have agreed to give a keynote lecture at the Summer School:
· Åke Andersson, Jönköping University, Sweden
· Ken Button, George Mason University, Washington, USA
· Lars Hultkrantz, Örebro University, Sweden
· Stef Proost, KU Leuven, Belgium
· Piet Rietfeld, Amsterdam Free University, Netherlands
· Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, Great Britain
· Roberto Patuelli (University of Lugano)

Furthermore, the following persons are involved in teaching at the Summer School
· Oleg Badunenko, DIW Berlin, Germany
· Jonas Eliasson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
· Christian von Hirschhausen, TU Berlin, Germany
· Olga Ivanona, TNO Dutch Organization for Applied Research, Netherlands
· Andreas Kappeler, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
· Johan Klaesson, Jönköping University, Sweden
· Artem Korzhenevych, Kiel University, Germany
· Lars-Göran Mattson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
· Andreas Stephan, Jönköping University, Sweden
· Timo Välilä, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 
Deadline for to apply: March 10th 2010

More information visit ERSA website www.ersa.org