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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Hilde Bras (RHI): Women’s position, sibling inequalities, and child nutritional status in Ethiopia - Women’s position is often seen as key to improved child nutrition. Empowered women may improve children’s nutritional status through... -
Gerrit Antonides (UEC): Effects of asymmetric expectation disconfirmation and evaluability of mobile phone attributes on consumer satisfaction - We study the determinants of consumer satisfaction with mobile phones on the basis of perceived product attribute performance and disconfirmation of... -
Salvatore di Falco (Université de Genève): Poverty and Self Esteem - Individual self-esteem levels were elicited in three rounds of panel data in the Nile Basin region of Ethiopia to determine whether droughts during... -
Assessing Economics and Policies Using the Real Options Methodology - 3 ECTS - Irreversible effects do play an important role in private as well as public decision making. The basis for the Precautionary Principle, an important... -
XXI ANNUAL BIOECON CONFERENCE on 11-13 September 2019
Highlights
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werkconferentie ‘Nederland veranderd/t’ - Tijdens de werkconferentie ‘Nederland veranderd/t’, op 3 december in de Van Nelle Fabriek in Rotterdam, gingen vakgenoten en professionals...
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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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Responsible innovation by social entrepreneurs : an exploratory study of values integration in innovations
Journal of Responsible Innovation (2019). - ISSN 2329-9460
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Wat eten we in de Week zonder vlees?
: Wageningen University & Research
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Meer groenten, minder vlees: kan het Lancet-dieet echt de wereld redden?
Meer groenten, minder vlees: kan het Lancet-dieet echt de wereld redden?, de Volkskrant, 2019-02-08, Mac van Dinther, https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/meer-groenten-minder-vlees-kan-het-lancet-dieet-echt-de-wereld-redden-~bd977a47/
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Which construal level combinations generate the most effective interventions? A field experiment on energy conservation
PLoS ONE 14 (2019)1. - ISSN 1932-6203
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Building a Market for New Meat Alternatives: Business Activity and Consumer Appetite in the Netherlands
In: Environmental, Health, and Business Opportunities in the New Meat Alternatives Market / , Bogueva, Diana, Marinova, Dora, Raphaely, Talia, Schmidinger, Kurt. - : IGI Global - ISBN 9781522573500 - p. 183 - 201.