The research Center aims at obtaining meaningful results in economic theory and empirical research.
The research is based on a new class of models of market systems with free entry.
Our main goals
- the study of new possibilities of the monopolistically competitive markets under removal of restrictions on the constant elasticity of substitution between goods in consumption;
- extended analysis of the model of monopolistically competitive markets by including it in models of endogenous growth and multi-product output;
- study of the nature of asymmetric solutions agglomeration model of core-periphery type;
- empirical study of Russian interregional and international trade accounting for heterogenity of firms, sectors and trade flows;
- development and testing of computable general equilibrium models in the regions.
CMSSE research assistant accepted to the University of Pennsylvania
Research Assistant of CMSSE Kharis Sokolov has been accepted to the PhD in Economics program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Paper by CMSSE academic advisor accepted at "Regional Science and Urban Economics"
The paper "Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks" by the Academic advisor of CMSSE Kristian Behrens, co-authored with Javier Barbero and José Zofio, has been accepted for publication at the "Regional Science and Urban Economics" journal.
Open postdoc position at CMSSE
Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites young Russian researchers with a PhD (or a candidate of sciences degree) to apply for the position of Research Fellow.
Applications are accepted until May 15th, 2018.
