The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis wishes  to inform you that on January 22nd, 2010 in Rimini (11.00 am, Sala dell’Arengo, Piazza Cavour, Rimini) there will be the Ceremony for the conferment of an Honorary Degree (Laurea ad Honorem)  in Economics and Market Policy, University of Bologna, to Professor Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta.

The acceptance speech by Professor Dasgupta is titled  “Nature and the Economy”.
In the afternoon a Workshop in honour of Professor Sir Partha S. Dasgupta  will be held at the Faculty of Economics, via Anghera’ 22, Rimini

Workshop Title:
"Advanced Topics in Economics: Sustainable Development and the Natural Environment”

Organizer: Professor Elettra Agliardi
Location: Aula Magna, Facoltà di Economia, via Angherà 22, Rimini

Workshop Programme:
4.00 pm
Welcoming Address. Elettra Agliardi, University of Bologna

4.10 pm
William A. Brock, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Emergence of Optimal Agglomeration in Dynamic Economics

4.45 pm
Goran K. Mäler, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, The Royal Academy of Sciences, and Stockholm University
Accounting Price for Resilience

5.20 pm
Anastasios Xepapadeas, University of Athens
Environmental Policy and the Emergence of Economic Agglomerations

6.00 pm
Sir Partha S. Dasgupta, University of Cambridge
Concluding Remarks and Future Avenues of Research

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