Max Weber fellows lecture series
Date: Monday 8 March 2010
Time: 7-8pm
Venue: Room 2.06, New Academic Building
Speaker: Laura Hering
This lecture wants to give a brief introduction into the basic concepts and recent empirical evidence on the role of economic geography in the formation of spatial inequalities. Economic geography shows how the presence of trade costs leads to the agglomeration of economic activity in certain locations and to income disparities between locations. The focus of this lecture lies on explaining spatial inequalities in income and migration patterns within countries. The empirical evidence presented comes mainly from China and Brazil and shows the consequences for the spatial structure of the opening to foreign trade and the regional integration within these countries.
Laura Hering is Max Weber Fellow in Economics, European University Institute (EUI), Florence. Seven Max Weber Fellows from the EUI will visit LSE March 8th - 11th to give a series of talks as part of a joint initiative by APD, Academic and Professional Development division.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information contact Nick Byrne, n.byrne@lse.ac.uk|.
The next lecture in this series will take place on Tuesday 9 March at 6pm, Government Accountability and Policy|.
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