General information

The HSE Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics (HSE CMSSE) is organizing a second conference “Industrial Organization and Spatial Economics” on June 27-28, 2013.

Topics of interest include: industrial organization, spatial economics, imperfect competition, international trade, urban economics, and new economic geography.

The working language - English.

Researchers working in the above fields are invited to submit papers for presentation at the conference. Both empirical and theoretical papers will be considered. Papers focusing on mathematical modeling are most welcome.

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Kristian Behrens (Université du Québec à Montreal, Canada); Pierre Picard (Département d'Économie École Polytechnique, France); Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (Université de Genève, Switzerland); Rodolphe Dos Santos (Université de Strasbourg, France); Federico Trionfetti (Aix-Marseille Université, France).

Papers or extended abstract should be submitted before May 20. The applicants will be notified of acceptance by June 01.

The scientific committee of the conference include: 

CMSSE Academic Advisor Professor Jacques-François Thisse (CORE - Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; HSE CMSSE) – chair of committee; 

Senior researcher Sergey Kokovin (Sobolev Institute of mathematics; HSE CMSSE); 

Senior researcher Professor Vladimir Matveenko (HSE CMSSE); 

Senior researcher Philip Ushchev (HSE CMSSE).

There are no registration fees.

Venue: Radisson Hotel, Nevsky Prospect 49/2, St. Petersburg, Russia.

TIME SCHEDULE:
May 20, 2013 Deadline for submission of papers or extended abstracts
June 01, 2013 Notification of acceptance
June 10, 2013 Deadline for registration without presenting a paper
June 27, 2013 Conference begins

If you are interested in participating without presenting a paper, please register at the websitebefore June 10. Participants are welcome up to the capacity of our seminar rooms.

Local organizer: Philip Ushchev (HSE CMSSE) – ph.ushchev@gmail.com