Dear Colleagues,  
AQR-IREA is pleased to announce the 2010 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics that will be held the 9th and 10th of September 2010 at the University of Barcelona. This year’s workshop will focus on the discussion of up-to-date methods and tools for the empirical testing of theories in regional and urban economics. Distinguished scholars will present the results of their recent research in three areas: (1) Spatial econometrics, (2) Panel data analysis, and (3) Applications with micro-data.The lectures of the Workshop will be given by Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University), Uwe Blien (University of Bamberg), Paul Elhorst (Groningen University), Julie LeGallo (Université de Franche-Comté, CRESE), Stefano Magrini (Università degli Studi di Venezia "Ca’ Foscari"), Henry Overman (London School of Economics), and Peter Pedroni ( Williams College). For further information and free registration, please visit the workshop website  http://www.pcb.ub.es/aqr/workshop/?2010_BARCELONA_WORKSHOP_ON_REGIONAL_AND_URBAN_ECONOMICS  or send an email to aqr@ub.edu.  Please, feel free to distribute this announcement.  We look forward for your participation at the Workshop!  AQR Research GroupUniversity of Barcelona