This course conveys the most important theoretical and empirical insights from urban economics and economic geography. Among others, it covers the following topics:
- Stylized urban facts and agglomeration forces
- The monocentric city model
- Urban growth, sprawl and decline
- The Rosen-Roback model
- Housing demand and housing policies
- Segregation within cities
- Economic geography and path dependence
- The cost of remoteness and place-based policies
The first lecture will take place on Tuesday, October 8, 12:15-13:45 in Seminargebäude 1 Room 1.023.
- Stylized urban facts and agglomeration forces
- The monocentric city model
- Urban growth, sprawl and decline
- The Rosen-Roback model
- Housing demand and housing policies
- Segregation within cities
- Economic geography and path dependence
- The cost of remoteness and place-based policies
The first lecture will take place on Tuesday, October 8, 12:15-13:45 in Seminargebäude 1 Room 1.023.
- Lehrende:r: Andreas Lichter
This course offers an introduction to the economics of innovation from both a theoretical and empirical angle. Among others, the course will cover the following topics:
- The role of innovation for economic growth
- The advance and nature of ideas
- The economics of science
- Firms' incentives to engage in innovation
- Intellectual property rights
- Private vs. social returns to innovation
- Innovation policies
The first lecture will take place on Monday, October 7 from 16:15-17:45 in SRG 3.032.
- The role of innovation for economic growth
- The advance and nature of ideas
- The economics of science
- Firms' incentives to engage in innovation
- Intellectual property rights
- Private vs. social returns to innovation
- Innovation policies
The first lecture will take place on Monday, October 7 from 16:15-17:45 in SRG 3.032.
- Lehrende:r: Andreas Lichter