Spatial Economics Newsletter December, 2015

News from the Department

Just before this newsletter’s deadline, it was announced that no fewer than four of the

Department’s research proposals in the field of Urban, Transport and Environmental

Economics have just been accepted. The proposals fall within in the Dutch SURF programme

(Smart Urban Regions for the Future) and the European JPI Urban Europe programme (ERA-

NET COFUND Smart Cities and Communities (ENSCC)). This allows our department to attract

four new PhD students, and provides post-doc research time to work on themes such as:

automated driving; smart incentives and tradable peak hour permits; evaluation of commuting

behavior and innovative urban transport policies; and the interrelations between urban form,

energy use and local environmental quality. Principle investigators from the Department

include Peter Mulder, Steven Poelhekke, Jos van Ommeren and Erik Verhoef. Read more

Three researchers from the Department made it into the ESB Top 40 of Economists this year: Erik Verhoef (11), Jos van Ommeren (13) and, new in the list, Vincent van den Berg (36, picture). Special mention was made of Rick van der Ploeg: had his affiliation in the Netherlands been large enough, he would have been number 1 in the list. The ESB list is based on journal publications in the years 2010-2014, using the Web of Science database of Thomson Reuters, weighted by a bibliometric quality indicator. For more information see http://www.economie.nl/artikel/economentop-40-2015 (in Dutch).

Hans Koster received the Van der Knaap Prize for his dissertation on “The Internal Structure of Cities: The Economics of Agglomeration, Amenities and Accessibility”. De Van der Knaap Prize (€ 10,000) is meant as an incentive prize for young researchers in the area of economic and social geography, as well as urban and regional economics, and awarded by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen). The award ceremony was held on October 28 in Haarlem. For more information, see http://www.khmw.nl/prijzen/prijs/van-der-knaap-prijs/11 and www.urbaneconomics.nl.

On September 10, during its annual conference in Toulouse, the French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (FAERE) elected Cees Withagen (professor of environmental economics) membre d'honneur . The title of honorary member was awarded to Cees for his contribution to promoting, valuing and advancing research and expertise works in environmental economics.

Erik Verhoef is appointed Member of an Advisory Committee on public transport and railway. For the next five years, the committee will advise the State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment on proposals regarding infrastructural programmes and projects. Erik’s aim is especially to make sure that investment decisions will contribute to the social welfare on the long term. Not only financial aspects are to be considered, but also non-tangible aspects, e.g. travel times, travel time reliability, service level and environmental effects.

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In October, Eric Pels was appointed associate professor at our department. Eric graduated in 1994, and defended his doctoral dissertation in 2000, both at VUA. Eric’s research focuses on airline networks and pricing and competition with other modes (rail). His reaching activities focus on micro economics, transport and aviation economics.

Hans Koster was invited guest lecturer at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lank, within the framework of a World Bank Project. Read and see more of this here: https://www.facebook.com/hrakoster/media_set?set=a.959061790820669.1073741833.100001505728075&type=3

Upcoming Events

Eureka Seminars: January 14, 2016 Philip Verhagen: “Roman transport networks” Maurice de Kleijn: “Long-term land use modelling during the first decade after Christ” Location: Room 12A-37 February 11, 2016 Kenmei Tsubota: “Partition, independence, and population geography in Bengal”

Elena Calegari: TBA Location: TBA Time: 13.00-14.00 hrs, lunch included.

More information: H.R.A.Koster@vu.nl or G.C.van.der.Meijden@vu.nl

Spatial Economics Seminars at the Tinbergen Institute:

January 25, 2016 Mogens Fosgerau (Technical University of Denmark) February 11, 2016 Torfinn Harding (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) February 25, 2016 Tiago Cavalcanti (Cambridge) March 10, 2016 Kyle Meng (UC Santa Barbara) May 9, 2016 Steve Gibbons (LSE) Titles: TBA Time: 12.15-13.15 hrs Location: Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, Gustav Mahlerplein 117, 1082 MS Amsterdam

More information: S.Poelhekke@vu.nl

Please note: As of 2016, Spatial Economics Seminars at the TI will usually take place on Thursdays from 12.15-13.15 pm

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Staff

Welcome…

Paul Pelzl from Austria completed the MPhil program at the Tinbergen Institute in September and joined our department this month as a PhD student. Paul will stay at the VU for three years and is supervised by Steven Poelhekke. His research interests are empirical banking and corporate finance on the one hand and energy and development economics on the other.

Kenmei Tsubota is a research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO and will spend a sabbatical year at our department until October, 2016. He got his PhD at Kyoto University in 2012. His research covers empirics of economic (dis) integration and asymmetric freight rates. Currently he is focusing on population geography and partition in Bengal and in other regions.

Iris Theunisse is a researcher specialized in the use of geographical data to gain knowledge and a better understanding of the built and natural environment. She obtained a bachelor degree in Architecture, urbanism and building sciences and specialized in Architecture and Geomatics during her double master degree at the University of Technology in Delft.

As of March this year, Jan-Hylke de Jong does research on pricing differences between office real estate with a monumental character and offices nearby without monumental features, supervised by Jan Rouwendal. Jan-Hylke works at our department on a weekly basis. Next to researcher, he runs Fenicks, a company which he started in 2011. Fenicks is specialized in digital data monitoring of buildings, monuments and their users.

Journal Articles and Working Papers 2015

Journal Articles Bergh, J.C.J.M. van den & Botzen, W.J.W. (2015). Monetary valuation of the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions.

Ecological Economics, 114(June), 33-46. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.03.015 Bernasco, W., Johnson, S.D. & Ruiter, S. (2015). Learning where to offend: Effects of past on future burglary locations.

Applied Geography, 60(June), 120-129. 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.03.014 Bontems, P., Martinet, V., Rotillon, G. & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (2015). Interactions between agricultural economics and

environmental economics in European research: Insights from the theory of non-renewable resources. Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 96(1), 167-185.

Broitman, D. & Koomen, E. (2015). Residential density change: Densification and urban expansion. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 54(November), 32-46.

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Brouns, K., Eikelboom, T., Jansen, P.C., Janssen, R., Kwakernaak, C. & van den Akker, J.J.H. (2015). Spatial analysis of soil subsidence in peat meadow areas in Friesland in relaiton to land and water management, climate change and adaptation. Environmental Management, 55(2), 360-372. 10.1007/s00267-014-0392-x

Caragliu, A., Dominicis, L. de & Groot, H.L.F. de (2015). Both Jacobs and Marshall Were Right! Economic Geography, 7(1), 87-111

Cust, J. & Poelhekke, S. (in press). The Local Impact of Resource Projects. Annual Review of Resource Economics 7: 251-268. 10.1146/annurev-resource-100814-125106

Czerny, A.I. (2015). The Role of Capital Costs for Airline Responses to Emission Charges. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy. 49 (3), 475-495

D'Autume, A., Schubert, K. & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (in press). Should the carbon price be the same in all countries? Journal of Public Economic Theory.

Dementyeva, M., Koster, P.R. & Verhoef, E.T. (2015). Regulation of road accident externalities when insurance companies have market power. Journal of Urban Economics, 86(March), 1-8. 10.1016/j.jue.2014.11.001

Dias, E.S., Linde, M. & Scholten, H.J. (2015). Geodesign: integrating geographical sciences and creative design in envisioning a 'New Urban Europe'. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 14(1/2), 164-174. 10.1504/IJGENVI.2015.067488

Diogo, V., Koomen, E. & Kuhlman, T. (2015). An economic theory-based explanatory model of agricultural land-use patterns: The Netherlands as a case study. Agricultural Systems, 139(October), 1-16.

Eikelboom, T. & Janssen, R. (2015). Comparison of geodesign tools to communicate stakeholder values. Group Decision and Negotiation. 24(6), 1065-1087, 10.1007/s10726-015-9429-7

Eikelboom, T., Janssen, R. & Stewart, T.J. (in press). A spatial optimization algorithm for geodesign. Landscape and Urban Planning.

Estrada, F., Botzen, W.J.W. & Tol, R.S.J. (2015). Economic losses from US hurricanes consistent with an influence from climate change. Nature Geoscience, 8, 880-884.

Groot, H.L.F. de, Poot, J. & Smit, M.J. (2015). Which Agglomeration Externalities Matter Most and Why? Journal of Economic Surveys, online first publication.

Haddad, E.A., Hewings, G.J.D., Porsse, A.A., Leeuwen, E.S. van & Vieira, R.S. (2015). The Underground Economy: Tracking the Wider Impacts of the São Paulo Subway System. Transportation Research. Part A: Policy & Practice, 73(March), 18-30.

Husby, T.G., Groot, H.L.F. de, Hofkes, M. & Filatova, T. de (2015). Flood Protection and Endogenous Sorting of Households: the role of credit constraints. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Open access journal.

Kagan, M.S., Ploeg, F. van der & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (2015). Battle for Climate and Scarcity Rents: Beyond the Linear-Quadratic Case. Dynamic Games and Applications 5(4), 493-522.

Kantor, Y., Mohlmann, J.L., Nijkamp, P. & Rouwendal, J. (2015). Homeownership, mortgages, and unemployment. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 8(3), 253-265, 10.1007/s12076-015-0139-1

Kobus, M.B.W., Rietveld, P. & Ommeren, J.N. van (2015). Student commute time, university presence and academic achievement. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 52, 129-140.

Koks, E.E., Bockarjova, M., Moel, H. de & Aerts, J.C.J.H. (2015). Integrated Direct and Indirect Flood Risk Modeling: Development and Sensitivity Analysis. Risk Analysis 35(5), 882-900, 10.1111/risa.12300

Kolen, J.C.A., Crumley, C.L., Burgers, G.J.L.M., Hackwitz, K. von, Howard, P., Kleijn, M. de, Karro, K., Löwenborg, D., Manen, N. van, Palang, H., Plieninger, T., Printsmann, A., Renes, H., Scholten, H.J., Sinclair, P., Veldi, M. & Verhagen, J.W.H.P. (2015). HERCULES: studying long-term changes in Europe’s landscapes. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, 45 (15), 209-219.

Koomen, E. & Diogo, V. (2015). Assessing potential future urban heat island patterns following climate scenarios, socio-economic developments and spatial planning strategies. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. Open access journal, 10.1007/s11027-015-9646-z

Koster, P.R. & Koster, H.R.A. (2015). Commuters’ preferences for fast and reliable travel: A semi-parametric estimation approach. Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological, 81 (1), 289-301.

Koster, P.R., Pels, A.J.H. & Verhoef, E.T. (online first). The User Costs of Air Travel Delay Variability. Transportation Science. 10.1287/trsc.2014.0551

Kouwenhoven, M., Jong, G. de, Koster, P.R., Berg, V.A.C. van den, Verhoef, E.T., Bates, J. & Warffemius, P. (2015). De waarde van betrouwbare reistijden in personenverkeer en –vervoer in Nederland. Tijdschrift Vervoerswetenschap51 (1), 17 48.

Kuik, O.J., Koopman, J.L., Tol, R.S.J. & Brouwer, R. (2015). The potential of water markets to allocate water between industry, agriculture and public water utilities as an adaptation mechanism to climate change. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, open access journal.

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Lammers, M., Menting, B., Ruiter, S. & Bernasco, W. (2015). Biting Once, Twice: The Influence of Prior on Current Crime

Location Choice. Criminology, 53(3). 10.1111/1745-9125.12071 Lankhuizen, M.B.M., Graaff, T. de & Groot, H.L.F. de (2015). Product Heterogeneity, Intangible Barriers and Distance

Decay: The effect of multiple dimensions of distance on trade across different product categories. Spatial Economic Analysis, 10(2), 137-159. 10.1080/17421772.2015.1023338

Leeuwen, E.S. van, Ishikawa, Y. & Nijkamp, P. (in press). Assessment of Local Key Sectors in a Triple-Layer Spatial System: Microsimulation and Input-Output Models as Tools for Multi-Level Policy Analysis. Environment and Planning C. Government and Policy.

Levkovich, O.D., Rouwendal, J. & van Marwijk, R. (2015). The effects of highway development on housing prices. Transportation. Open access journal 10.1007/s11116-015-9580-7

Lovelace, R., Birkin, M., Ballas, D. & Leeuwen, E.S. van (2015). Evaluating the performance of Iterative Proportional Fitting for spatial microsimulation: new tests for an established technique. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 18(2), 21.

Meijden, G.C. van der, Ploeg, R. van der & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (2015). International Capital Markets, Oil Producers and the Green Paradox. European Economic Review, 76(May), 275-297.

Mulder, P. (2015). International Specialization, Structural Change and the Evolution of Manufacturing Energy Intensity in OECD Countries. Energy Journal, 36 (3), 111-136.

Okullo, S.J., Reynes, F.G.D. & Hofkes, M. (2015). Modeling peak oil and the geological constraints on oil production. Resource and Energy Economics, 40(May), 36-56. 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.01.002

Pauwels, L., Weerman, F.M., Bernasco, W. & Bruinsma, G.J.N. (2015). How much variance in offending, self-control and morality can be explained by neighbourhoods and schools? An exploratory cross-classified multi-level analysis. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Open access journal. 10.1007/s10610-014-9262-6

Peer, S., Verhoef, E.T., Knockaert, J., Koster, P.R. & Tseng, Y. (2015). Long-Run versus Short-Run Perspectives on Consumer scheduling: Evidence from a Revealed-Preference Experiment among Peak-Hour Road Commuters. International Economic Review, 56(1), 303-323. 10.1111/iere.12103

Ploeg, F. van der & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (2015). Global Warming and the Green Paradox: A Review of Adverse Effects of Climate Policies. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 9(2), 285-303.

Poelhekke, S. (2015). Do global banks facilitate foreign direct investment? European Economic Review, 76(May 2015), 25-46. 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.01.014

Romao, J., Leeuwen, E.S. van, Neuts, B. & Nijkamp, P. (2015). Tourist Loyalty and Urban E-Services: A Comparison of Behavioral Impacts in Leipzig and Amsterdam. Journal of Urban Technology, 22(2), 85-101.

Romao, J., Neuts, B., Nijkamp, P. & Leeuwen, E.S. van (2015). Culture, product differentiation and market segmentation: a structural analysis of the motivation and satisfaction of tourists in Amsterdam. Tourism Economics, 21(3), 455-474.

Mulalic, I, & Rouwendal, J. (2015). The impact of fixed and variable cost on automobile demand: Evidence from Denmark. Economics of Transportation, 4(4), 227-240.

Rouwendal, J., Marwijk, R. van & Levkovich, O.D. (in press). Estimating the value of proximity to water when ceteris really is paribus. Real Estate Economics.

Ryszka, K.A. & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (2015). Unilateral climate policies: Incentives and effects. Environmental and Resource Economics. Open access journal, 10.1007/s10640-014-9867-8

Slaakweg, A., Daalhuizen, F. & Koomen, E. (2015). De economische vitaliteit van kleine kernen. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 100(4701), 20-23.

Smit, M.J., Leeuwen, E.S. van, Florax, R.J.G.M. & Groot, H.L.F. de (2015). Rural development funding and agricultural labour productivity: A spatial analysis of the European Union at the NUTS2 level. Ecological Indicators, 59, 6-18.

Tchang, G.S. (in press). The impact of highway proximity on distribution centers' rents. Urban Studies. Terpstra, I. & Lijesen, M.G. (2015). The impact of high speed rail on airport competition. Tijdschrift voor economische en

sociale geografie, 106(3), 263-275, 10.1111/tesg.12103 Tikoudis, I., Verhoef, E.T. & Ommeren, J.N. van (2015). On revenue recycling and the welfare effects of second-best

congestion pricing in a monocentric city. Journal of Urban Economics, 89(September), 32-47. Wan, J., Baylis, K. & Mulder, P. (2015). Trade-Facilitated Technology Spillovers in Energy Productivity Convergence

Processes across EU Countries. Energy Economics, 48 (March), 253-264. Withagen, C.A.A.M. & Moreaux, M. (in press). Optimal abatement of carbon emission flows. Journal of Environmental

Economics and Management.

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Working Papers Adler, M.W. & Ommeren, J.N. van (2015). Does Public Transit reduce Car Travel Externalities? (Preprints, TI Discussion

Paper, no 15-011/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute. Ansink, E. & Withagen, C.A.A.M. (2015). Members, joiners, free-riders, supporters. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no

2015-015/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute. Behrens, C.L. & Lijesen, M.G. (2015). Measuring Competition Intensity; An Application to Air/HSR Transport Markets.

(Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-075/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute. Behrens, C.L. & McCaughey, N.C. (2015). Loyalty Programs and Consumer Behaviour: The Impact of FFPs on Consumer

Surplus. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-048/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute. Berg, V.A.C. van den & Verhoef, E.T. (2015). Robot Cars and Dynamic Bottleneck Congestion: The Effects on Capacity,

Value of Time and Preference Heterogeneity. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-062/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Borger, B. de, Mulalic, I. & Rouwendal, J. (2015). Measuring the Rebound Effect with Micro Data. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-039/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Czerny, A.I. & Zhang, A. (2015). Single-Till versus Dual-Till Regulation of Airports. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-049/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Czerny, A.I., Shi, Z. & Zhang, A. (2015). Can market power be controlled by regulation of core prices alone? An empirical analysis of airport demand and car rental price. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-041/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Czerny, A.I., Verhoef, E.T. & Zhang, A. (2015). A Theory of Continuous Uncertainty Types. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-065/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Delgado, M.S. & Florax, R.J.G.M. (2015). Difference-in-Differences Techniques for Spatial Data: Local Autocorrelation and Spatial Interaction. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-091/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Dementieva, M. & Verhoef, E.T. (2015). Miles, Speed and Technology: Traffic Safety under Oligopolistic Insurance. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-25/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Duijn, M. van & Rouwendal, J. (2015). Sorting based on Urban Heritage and Income: Evidence from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-030/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Fu, X., Berg, V.A.C. van den & Verhoef, E.T. (2015). Private Road Networks with Uncertain Demand. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-092/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Groote, J. de, Ommeren, J.N. van & Koster, H.R.A. (2015). Car Ownership and Residential Parking Subsidies: Evidence from Amsterdam. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-116/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Inci, E., Ommeren, J.N. van & Kobus, M.B.W. (2015). The External Cruising Costs of Parking. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-117/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Kleijn, M.T.M. de, Hond, R.J.F. de, Martinez-Rubi, O. & Svetachov, P. (2015). A 3D Geographic Information System for ‘Mapping the Via Appia’. (Preprints, Research Memorandum, no 2015-1). Amsterdam: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Koster, H.R.A. & Ommeren, J.N. van (2015). Natural Gas Extraction, Earthquakes and House Prices. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-038/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Koster, H.R.A. & Rouwendal, J. (2015). Historic Amenities and Housing Externalities: Evidence from The Netherlands. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-023/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Mahumane, G.M.D.G. & Mulder, P. (2015). Introducing MOZLEAP: an integrated long-run scenario model of the emerging energy sector of Mozambique. (Preprints, Research Memorandum, no 2015-2). Amsterdam: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Mahumane, G.M.D.G. & Mulder, P. (2015). Mozambique Energy Outlook, 2015-2030. Data, Scenarios and Policy Implications. (Preprints, Research Memorandum, no 2015-7). Amsterdam: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Peer, S., Knockaert, J.S.A. & Verhoef, E.T. (2015). Train Commuters' Scheduling Preferences: Evidence from a Large-Scale Peak Avoidance Experiment. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-078/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Romao, J. (2015). Culture or Nature: a space-time analysis on the determinants of tourism demand in European regions. (Preprints, Discussion Papers Spatial and Organisational Dynamics, no 14). Algarve: University of Algarve.

Steenbruggen, J.G.M., Krieckaert, M.N.M., Rietveld, P., Scholten, H.J. & Vlist, M. van der (2015). The usefulness of net-centric support tools for traffic incident management. (Preprints, Research Memorandum, no 2015-8). Amsterdam: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Steenbruggen, J.G.M., Tranos, E. & Rietveld, P. (2015). Can Motorway Traffic Incidents be detected by Mobile Phone Usage Data? (Preprints, Research Memorandum, no 2015-6). Amsterdam: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

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Tikoudis, I. (2015). Congestion Pricing in Urban Polycentric Networks with Distorted Labor Markets: A Spatial General Equilibrium Model for the Area Randstad. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-085/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Tikoudis, I., Verhoef, E.T. & Ommeren, J.N. van (2015). Second-best Urban Tolls in a Monocentric City with Housing Market Regulations. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 15-06/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

Verhoef, E.T. & Silva Montalva, H.E. (2015). Dynamic Equilibrium at a Congestible Facility under Market Power. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no 045/VIII). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute.

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