SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS ADVANCED INSTITUTE
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Rome, May 13th - June 7th 2013 (6th
edition)
The Spatial Econometrics Advanced Institute is organized yearly by the Spatial Econometrics Association.
Objectives: the school aims at providing a solid background to Master, PhD students and young researchers interested in the analysis of spatial data with particular reference to economic applications (click here to see the detailed program):
* seminars on spatial economics, spatial statistics, spatial econometrics, panel data and spatial panel data
* 68 hours of teaching + 40 hours of computer lab
* final evaluation via exams (not compulsory)
* practical experiences using R, GeoDaSpace, GeoDa and PySAL.
Program (click here to see the detailed contents of the courses):
Week I (13th-17th May)
Theoretical Spatial Economics (9 hours)
Instructor: Prof. J.H.P. Paelinck, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viginia.
Spatial Statistics (11 hours)
Instructor: Prof. G. Arbia, University
“Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ” of Rome.
Week II (20st-24th May)
Spatial econometrics I (15 hours)
Instructor: Prof. Anil Bera, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain.
Week III (27th May - 31st May)
Spatial econometrics II (15 hours)
Instructor: Prof. Ingmar Prucha, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Week IV (3rd-7th June)
Panel data (15 hours of teaching)
Instructor: Prof. Badi H. Baltagi, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
Computer lab 40 hours Practical experiences in spatial econometrics using the R software, GeoDa software and Phyton software.
Final exam, 9th June (not compulsory)
How to apply: the application form (click here) should be sent to arbia@unich.it before february the 20th. For more information go to admission.
Deadlines and timetable
April 15th, 2013 - Deadline for formal applications
April 20th, 2013 - Notification of acceptance
May 10th, 2013 - Deadline for payments
May 13th-June 7th, 2013 - Courses
June 7th 2013 - Final exam (not compulsory)
Click here to see the 2011 edition website
Direction of the Institute : Giuseppe Arbia (giuseppe.arbia@rm.unicatt.it)
