Urban Economics
The number of people living in urban environments is increasing rapidly. The mission of the Urban Economics (UEC) group is to contribute to more resilient cities in terms of social equality, economic advantages and environmental quality. Therefore, UEC focusses on two main themes: sustainable consumption and urban-rural interactions. We use insights from general-, urban- and behavioural economics to improve the understanding of consumer and household decision making concerning sustainability, health and well-being and the impacts at the individual, urban and regional level.
Agenda
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Joachim de Weerdt: Paying More For Less. Why don't households in Tanzania take advantage of bulk discounts - Despite average daily per-capita consumption of roughly $1, many Tanzanian households do not take advantage of bulk discounts for staple goods. -
Moritz Drupp: Relative prices and climate policy. How the scarcity of non-market goods drives policy evaluation - We study how the scarcity of non-market goods, such as environmental amenities, affects the economic appraisal of climate policy. To this end, we... -
International Students Summit (ISS) - Every BSc-student at Wageningen University is invited to apply for the position of student representative of Wageningen University to the 18th ISS...
Highlights
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The scientific reflection group for population decline will get to work! - On the initiative of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Knowledge Platform Demographic Transition (KDT), this reflection group... -
Executive Board appoints new professor Urban Economics - Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen has been appointed as chair of the Urban Economics Group at Wageningen University & Research as per October 1, 2017....
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Latest publications
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For Whom the Bells Toll
International Regional Science Review 41 (2018)2. - ISSN 0160-0176 - p. 134 - 151.
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Introduction to the Alonsos Five Bells
International Regional Science Review 41 (2018)2. - ISSN 0160-0176 - p. 131 - 133.
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Innovation For Society: Towards a Typology of Developing Innovations by Social Entrepreneurs
The Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 9 (2018)1. - p. 52 - 78.