29/01/2010

Working papers

In case you have never heard of this, you can subscribe to a mailing list here that regularly sends information about working papers in Economic Geography from around the world. It is an excellent way to keep in touch with what a lot of people are doing in this field.

The Economic Geography mailing list is edited by Steve Ross, from the University of Connecticut. If you go here you can also have access to many others in a diverse set of areas within Economics.

28/01/2010

The Geography of bosses

Accordind to this story from the BBC the perspective of Davos' participants regarding the evolution of the economy depends on their geographical location and industry.

The geography of bosses

26/01/2010

Europe's biggest cities

Want to know which are Europe's 500 largest cities? You can check here. Spoiler alert: the biggest is Moscow and the second biggest is London.

The world is not flat!

According to this news story manufacturing in the US is going through a resurgence. Naturally the question with matters like these is if the return of some firms is enough to eclipse off shoring. Nevertheless it presents a series of interesting elements.

Summer Institute in Economic Geography

The next edition of the summer institute in Economic Geography will be next Summer in Vancouver. It's open to PhD student and early career academics. More information here.

Changing shape of American cities

Through Planetizen I found a very interesting interview with the urban planner Ken Greenberg discussing the changing shape of American cities. It's worth a read. This interview was made for the Metropolis Magazine.