REAL Seminar Series aims at disseminating latest research by students, visiting scholars, and professors in Regional Science and Economics. Speakers in this seminar series are mainly related to REAL-UIUC, unless otherwise noted. If you would like to schedule a presentation or obtain more information about the presentations, please contact Laura Atuesta (latuest2@illinois.edu).
The venue and time:
Mondays, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm.
219 Davenport Hall
607 S. Mathews Avenue
Spring 2010 Seminar Schedulle:
-“Does the Business Cycle Matter for Convergence Testing?”presented by Chenxi Yu. (Monday, January 25th, 2010)
-“Smith and Keynes on the laissez-faire policies"presented by Raul Santos. (Monday, February 1st, 2010)
-“The geography of economic development in the US: Perspectives from practitioners”presented by Jose De Leon. (Monday,February 8th, 2010)
-“Inter-Regional Endogenous Growth Model: Effects of Demographic Change in the Midwest States"presented by Tae-Jeong Kim. (Monday,February 15th, 2010)
-“The Concentration and the Dead Weight Loss in the Brazilian Steel Market" presented by Janderson Reis. (Monday,February 22nd, 2010)
-“Role of market access and housing price indexes for spatial distribution of wages in Chile" presented by Dusan Paredes. (Monday,March 1st, 2010)
-“The space and the regional cycles synchronization in the Chilean economy" presented by Patricio Aroca. (Monday, March 8th, 2010)
-“A general overview about regional development in Turkey by considering EU relations" presented by Cihan Cagil. (Monday, March 15th, 2010)
Fall 2009 Seminar Schedulle:
-“Competition between branded and unbranded gas stations: an empirical entry model”presented by Luciano Sampaio. (Monday, December 7th, 2009)
-“Spatial hedonic models of airport noise and property values: A case study of Midway Airport, Chicago”presented by Jizhou Fu. (Monday, November 30th, 2009)
-“Scaling the role of small versus large firms in Regional Development: A policy approach”presented by Rafael Vera. (Monday, November 9th, 2009)
-“A polycentric model for the urban area of the city of Bogotá, Colombia”presented by Antonio Avedaño. (Monday, November 2nd, 2009)
-“Food and biofuel production expansion and their consequences to land-use changes and regional development in the Brazilian Cerrado”presented by Dr. Geraldo Martha, Jr. (Monday, October 26th, 2009)
-“Testing the mechanisms of social inequality by modeling food distribution in the context of Cartagena, Colombia”presented by Dr. Charles Ehlschlaeger (Monday, October 19th, 2009)
-“A methodology to compute the regional housing price index using matching estimator methods”presented by Dusan Paredes (Monday, October 12th, 2009)
-"Regional industrial structure and manufacturing productivity"presented by Dr. Joshua Drucker (Wednesday, October 7th, 2009) - Cancelled
-"The effects of future retail developments on the local economy: Combining micro and macro approaches"presented by Dr. Eveline Van Leeuwen (Monday, September 28th, 2009)
-"Measuring the competitive capabilities of the Mexican City system: The institutional failure" presented by Dr. Guillermo Ibarra Escobar (Monday, September 21st, 2009)
-"The distributional effects of NAFTA in Mexico: evidence from a panel of municipalities" presented by Rafael Garduno-Rivera (Monday, September 14th, 2009)
-"Housing price equality and mixed communities explained by the process of gentrification: Evidence from Chicago" presented by Laura Atuesta (Monday, August 31st, 2009)
Spring 2009 Seminar Schedulle:
-"Determinants of FDI Behavior A Panel Data Analysis across Regions" presented by Tota Panggabean (Monday, March 9th, 2009)
- "Polarization vs. New Classical Growth Theory: Can the Convergence Model be the Judge?". Presented by Chenxi Yu (Monday March 2nd, 2009)
- "A Spatial Economic Model for Manufacturing Agglomeration in an Open Economy: Evidence from China (1990-2007)". Presented by Yan Yang (Monday February 23rd, 2009)
- "Inflation targeting in LatinAmerica". Presented by Pedro Bertolo (Monday February 16th, 2009)
- "FDI Location Determinants in China (1986-2006): Spatial Panel Perspective". Presented by Yuyuan Wen (Monday February 2nd, 2009)
- "Energy Policy and Spatial Economy: Do Energy Transport Costs Matter?" Presented by Gervasio F. Santos (Monday February 9th, 2009)
- "Earnings Mobility and Inequality in Brazil: 1993-2007" Presented by Mariangela Furlan Antigo (Monday February 30th, 2009)
- "A Size approach in understanding Input-Output technological coefficients: The case of the Food Manufacturing Industry in Illinois" Presented by Rafael A. Vera (Monday April 6th, 2009)
-" Test of a Break in the Price Series of Tradable Carbon Emissions in the EU Market" Presented by Jun Wan (Monday April 13th, 2009)
-"Environmental Implications of Pest and Nutrient Management Practices in Organic and Conventional Soybean Production" presented by Cristina Miller (Monday, April 20th)
- "New Geographical and Economic Development Frontiers for the Creativity Index " presented by José D. de León (Monday, April 27th.)
- "Transition growth among Brazilian states " presented by Claudia Rodrigues (Monday, May 4th.)