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https://elisabetviladecansmarsal.com/

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Scopus Author ID: 6507174476

Keywords

Urban Economics: Economic Geography; Public Economcis

Biography

I am a Professor at the Department of Economics (School of Economics, Universitat de Barcelona) and a Researcher at the Barcelona Institut of Economics (IEB) where I run the Research Program ‘Cities’. I am the director of the UB Chair Urban Economics City of Barcelona. I am also a Research Fellow at CEMFI, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and at CESifo. My research interests include urban economics, economic geography and public economics. Current research topics are: agglomeration economies and the location of people and firms; the impact of infrastructures on city growth; urban congestion and pollution, the effectiveness of city policies, land use regulation and city growth, the political economy of coastal destruction and the impact of social interactions on residential choice.

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Employment (7)

Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2019 to present | Full Professor (Economics)
Employment
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UB Chair on Urban Economics City of Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2018 to present | Director
Employment
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PhD in Economics Program: Barcelona, ES

2015 to present | Director (Universitat de Barcleona)
Employment
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Research Program 'CITIES'. Institut d'Economia de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2009 to present | Program Director
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Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2003 to 2019 | Associate Professor (Economics)
Employment
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UB Chair on Smart Cities: Barcelona, ES

2015 to 2018 | Director
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University of Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

1999 to 2003 | Assistant Professor (Economics)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

1999 | PhD in Economics
Education
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Professional activities (16)

CEMFI: Madrid, ES

2020 to present | Research Fellow
Invited position
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Journal of Regional Science: New York, US

2019 to present | Member of the Editorial Board
Service
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Advisory Committee Agenda 2030. Barcelona City Council. : Barcelona, ES

2019 to present | Advisory Board Member
Service
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Regional Science and Urban Economics : Amsterdam, NL

2018 to present | Member of the Editorial Board
Service
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Journal of Urban Economics: Amsterdam, NL

2016 to present | Member of the Editorial Board
Service
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CEPR: London, GB

2016 to present | Research Fellow
Invited position
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American Economic Association: Nashville, TN, US

2016 to present
Membership
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European Economic Association: Milano, Lombardia, IT

2015 to present
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Spanish Economic Association: Madrid, ES

2010 to present
Membership
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CESifo: Munich, DE

2007 to present | Research Network Fellow
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University of California: Irvine, California, US

2010-09 to 2011-06 | Visiting Scholar (Economics)
Invited position
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Univerità degli studi di Ferrara: Ferrara, IT

2009-04 to 2009-05 | Visiting Fellow (Economics)
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University of Uppsala: Uppsala, SE

2008-03 to 2008-04 | Visiting Fellow (Economics)
Invited position
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CESifo-Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität: Munich, DE

2007-05 to 2007-06 | Visting Fellow
Invited position
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Universitée Rennes I: Rennes, FR

2005-01 to 2005-02 | Visiting Fellow (Economics)
Invited position
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University of Birmingham: Birmingham, GB

1999-01 to 1999-06 | Visiting Scholar (PhD Student)
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Funding (15)

Cities’ challenges: inequalities, migrations and the environment

2020 to 2022 | Grant
Ministry of Science (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PID2019-108265RB-100
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Understanding Intergovernmental Cooperation: The effect of Political Homophil

2018 to 2021 | Grant
IEA. Generalitat de Catalunya (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2018 IEA5 00004
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Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

Fiscal Federalism and Urban Economics

2018 to 2020 | Grant
AQU. Generalitat de Catalunya (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2017SGR796
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City challenges: urban mobility, employment, segregation and inequality.

2017 to 2019 | Grant
Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ECO2016-75941-R
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The heterogeneity analysis of the Grand Paris Express’ effects on the spatial polarization growth of the different industries

2016 to 2017 | Grant
Socité du Grand Paris (Paris, FR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2016PSC032
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What works for Urban Develpoment?

2015 to 2017 | Grant
“la Caixa” Foundation (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

AQU2014ACUP00026
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Fiscal Federalism and Urban Economics

2014 to 2017 | Grant
Generalitat de Catalunya. AQU (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2014SGR00420
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Global challenges, local responses: the role of cities as engine of economic prosperity

2014 to 2016 | Grant
Ministry of Economy (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ECO2013-41310-R
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Infrastructures’ improvement and urban structure

2014 to 2015 | Grant
Societé du Grand Paris (Paris, FR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CRC2013-06
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Building roads and land use policies

2012 to 2013 | Grant
Pasqual Maragall Chair-Research Grant (Barcelona, ES)
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Thriving cities: Agglomeration economies, innovation and public policies

2011 to 2013 | Grant
Ministry of Education (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ECO2010-16934
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Visiting Abroad. University of California Irvine

2010 to 2011 | Award
Ministry of Education Scholarship Programa Salvador de Madariaga (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PR2010-270. International Mobility Program
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Fiscal Federalism and Regional Economics

2009 to 2013 | Grant
Generalitat de Catalunya (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2009SGR10
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Agglomeration economies and cities: Knowledge as a competitivity factor

2007 to 2010 | Grant
Ministry of Education (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SEJ2007-65086
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Agglomeration economies, cities and innovation

2004 to 2007 | Grant
Ministry of Education (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SEJ2004-05860
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Works (26)

The role of historic amenities in shaping cities

Regional Science and Urban Economics
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2024.104042
Contributors: Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López; Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
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Suburbanization and transportation in European cities

Journal of Economic Geography
2024-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae029
Contributors: Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López; Ilias Pasidis; Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
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Building(s and) cities: Delineating urban areas with a machine learning algorithm

Journal of Urban Economics
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2019.103217
Contributors: Daniel Arribas-Bel; M.-À. Garcia-López; Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
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Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility

Journal of Urban Economics
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2020.103277
Contributors: Konstantin Büchel; Maximilian V. Ehrlich; Diego Puga; Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
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Housing booms and local spending

Journal of Urban Economics
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2019.103185
Part of ISSN: 0094-1190
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Can urban renewal policies reverse neighborhood ethnic dynamics?

Journal of Economic Geography
2019-06-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbz011
Part of ISSN: 1468-2702
Part of ISSN: 1468-2710
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Big plant closures and local employment

Journal of Economic Geography
2018-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbx026
Part of ISSN: 1468-2702
Part of ISSN: 1468-2710
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How does transportation shape intrametropolitan growth? An answer from the Regional Express Rail

Journal of Regional Science
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12338
Part of ISSN: 0022-4146
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Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

Next train to the polycentric city: The effect of railroads on subcenter formation

Regional Science and Urban Economics
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.07.004
Part of ISSN: 0166-0462
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Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

Market potential and city growth: Spain 1860–1960

Cliometrica
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-015-0139-9
Part of ISSN: 1863-2505
Part of ISSN: 1863-2513
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Does zoning follow highways?

Regional Science and Urban Economics
2015-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2015.05.008
Part of ISSN: 0166-0462
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Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

Suburbanization and highways in Spain when the Romans and the Bourbons still shape its cities

Journal of Urban Economics
2015-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2014.11.002
Part of ISSN: 0094-1190
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Sequential city growth in the US: Does age matter?

2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2013.11.002

Part of ISSN:

01660462

EID:

2-s2.0-84890204126
Contributors: Sánchez-Vidal, M.; González-Val, R.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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The determinants of localization and urbanization economies: Evidence from the location of new firms in Spain

2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/jors.12076

Part of ISSN:

00224146 14679787

EID:

2-s2.0-84894802453
Contributors: Jofre-Monseny, J.; Marín-López, R.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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Do political parties matter for local land use policies?

2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jue.2013.07.003

Part of ISSN:

00941190

EID:

2-s2.0-84882960778
Contributors: Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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The influence wielded by land developer lobbies during the housing boom: Recent evidence from Spain

2013 | Journal article
Part of ISSN:

16120663 16136373

EID:

2-s2.0-84879717557
Contributors: Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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Can a knowledge-based cluster be created? The case of the Barcelona 22at district

2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00383.x

Part of ISSN:

10568190 14355957

EID:

2-s2.0-84862616365
Contributors: Viladecans-Marsal, E.; Arauzo-Carod, J.-M.
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Lobbying, political competition, and local land supply: Recent evidence from Spain

2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.08.001

Part of ISSN:

00472727

EID:

2-s2.0-80052254258
Contributors: Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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The mechanisms of agglomeration: Evidence from the effect of inter-industry relations on the location of new firms

2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jue.2011.05.002

Part of ISSN:

00941190

EID:

2-s2.0-79960902131
Contributors: Jofre-Monseny, J.; Marín-López, R.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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Industrial location at the intra-metropolitan level: The role of agglomeration economies | Sites industriels au niveau intramétropolitain: Le rôle des économies d'agglomération

2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1080/00343400701874172

Part of ISSN:

00343404 13600591

EID:

2-s2.0-70449567152
Contributors: Arauzo-Carod, J.-M.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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Cities and the internet: The end of distance?

2006 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1080/10630730600752975

Part of ISSN:

10630732 14661853

EID:

2-s2.0-33745113480
Contributors: Pons-Novell, J.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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Agglomeration economies and industrial location: City-level evidence

2004 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1093/jnlecg/lbh040

Part of ISSN:

14682702

EID:

2-s2.0-8644280388
Contributors: Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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Central cities as engines of metropolitan area growth

2004 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.0022-4146.2004.00339.x

Part of ISSN:

00224146

EID:

2-s2.0-3242816003
Contributors: Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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The location of new firms and the life cycle of industries

2004 | Journal article
Part of ISSN:

0921898X

EID:

2-s2.0-3843079640
Contributors: Costa Campi, M.T.; Segarra Blasco, A.; Viladecans Marsal, E.
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Kaldor's laws and spatial dependence: Evidence for the European Regions

1999 | Journal article
Part of ISSN:

00343404

EID:

2-s2.0-0032876368
Contributors: Pons-Novell, J.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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The district effect and the competitiveness of manufacturing companies in local productive systems

1999 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1080/0042098992557

Part of ISSN:

00420980

EID:

2-s2.0-0033452309
Contributors: Costa-Campi, M.T.; Viladecans-Marsal, E.
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