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The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) invites submissions for the annual competition for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Regional Science. Regional science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with theory, method, and application of regional, urban and rural, geographic and spatial investigations and analyses.

The winner will be decided by the Selection Committee and will receive a cash award of 750 Euros. Award announcements will be made at the North American Meetings of the RSAI, where participants in the competition are strongly encouraged to be present. The Selection Committee reserves the right to not make an award. Decisions made by the Selection Committee are final.

Eligibility:

1. A dissertation completed in any Ph.D. program in any country is eligible,
2. A dissertation written in English,
3. A dissertation successfully defended, with official graduation date between July 1st 2014 and June 30th 2015,
4. A dissertation on a single or multiple general regional science topics. The Selection Committee reserves the right to determine whether a dissertation is relevant to the field of regional science.

Application (in either PDF or MS Word format):

1. A two-page curriculum vita;
2. A letter of support and nomination from the major professor (also known as dissertation committee chairperson or supervisor) on stationary paper and with signature. The letter should clearly explain the dissertation’s originality and contributions to the field of regional science;
3. The dissertation.

Applications should be submitted electrically by July 31, 2015 to the Selection Committee Chair, Dr. Shaoming Cheng (scheng@fiu.edu). Large submissions can be uploaded to a cloud file-sharing site. Questions regarding the dissertation competition may be sent to him too.

Dear all,

The new RSAI Newsletter May 2015 can now be found under

http://regionalscience.org/images/PDF/Newsletter%202015%20May.pdf

 The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available on Wiley Online Library

 ISSUE INFORMATION

Issue Information (pages i–ii)
Article first published online: 4 JUN 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12139

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Specialization and diversity as drivers of economic growth: Evidence from High-Tech industries (pages 229–247)
Jaakko Simonen, Rauli Svento and Artti Juutinen
Article first published online: 14 FEB 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12062

Micro-evidence on the determinants of innovation in the Netherlands: The relative importance of absorptive capacity and agglomeration externalities (pages 249–272)
Martijn J. Smit, Maria A. Abreu and Henri L.F. de Groot
Article first published online: 13 OCT 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12068

‘One for all and all for one’: Cluster, employment, and the global economic crisis. Evidence from the German mechanical engineering industry (pages 273–294)
Martin Wrobel
Article first published online: 30 SEP 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12065

Internal migration and educational outcomes in Italy: Evidence from a cohort of youths (pages 295–316)
Carmen Aina, Giorgia Casalone and Paolo Ghinetti
Article first published online: 1 NOV 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12071

Exploring scan methods to test spatial structure with an application to housing prices in Madrid (pages 317–346)
Fernando A. López, Coro Chasco and Julie Le Gallo
Article first published online: 30 SEP 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12063

Capitalization of fiscal variables persists over time (pages 347–363)
David Stadelmann and Steve Billon
Article first published online: 17 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12075

Using Bayesian posterior model probabilities to identify omitted variables in spatial regression models (pages 365–383)
Donald J. Lacombe and James P. LeSage
Article first published online: 22 DEC 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12070

The tuition fee ‘shock’: Analysing the response of first-year students to a spatially discontinuous policy change in Germany (pages 385–419)
Timo Mitze, Claudia Burgard and Björn Alecke
Article first published online: 22 DEC 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12067

The use of game theory in regional economics: A quantitative retrospective (pages 421–441)
Sandra T. Silva, Isabel Mota and Filipe Grilo
Article first published online: 22 DEC 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12066

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Issue Information (pages i–ii)
Article first published online: 9 JUN 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12044

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