19th ERSA Summerschool graduation dinner at the Groningen University Academy building  12 july 2006

All lecturer presentations and course material are available on the programme page
Participants list and their presentations are available on the participants page
Picture gallery's can be found at photo gallery

The goal of the Summer School is to advance the high-level application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the use of geo-coded data and spatial econometrics by regional scientists in Europe. With respect to GIS the School aims at explaining the wide potential of this technique and practising the use of GeoDa and ArcGis in spatial data exploration and spatial variable construction. One purpose will be to give the participants the skills to make full use of geo-coded data in spatial econometric applications. With regard to spatial econometrics the School presupposes knowledge of basic econometrics. The aim is to deepen students’ understanding of the literature and ensure they have a practical mastery of GeoDa and downloadable MatLab routines to implement spatial econometric estimation methods, such as spatial error models, spatial lag models, testing for spatial dependence and panel models. The aim will also be to give students a wider understanding of the context in which spatial econometric methods are applicable and how they can be used to help understand spatial economic processes and put these methods into a wider context of drawing well-founded conclusions from spatial data. 

To have effective communication and training the maximum number of participants is set at 30. The participants will be selected on the basis of their prior knowledge of ordinary econometrics or statistical methods and their draft paper/extended research problem statement, while aiming at a wide spread from different countries.