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WRSA Fellows

Four new Fellows of the Western Regional Science Association were announced at the 42nd Annual Meeting Banquet Luncheon at the Rio Rico Resort. They are listed below.

  • Michael Greenwood, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Professor Kingsley E. Haynes, Dean, School of Public Policy, George Mason University
  • Frank G. Mittelbach, Professor Emeritus, Housing, Real Estate and Urban Land Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Jean H.P. Paelinck, Professor Emeritus, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

The four new Fellows join:

  • Martin Beckmann
  • Lay James Gibson
  • Charles Leven
  • Robert Monahan
  • Anthony Pascal
  • As well as the late Michael Mischaikow, who received the WRSA's highest honor for lifetime service and scholarship.
THE CHARLES M. TIEBOUT PRIZE IN REGIONAL SCIENCE

This prize is awarded by the Western Regional Science Association in honor of the outstanding contributions to regional science made by Charles M. Tiebout before his untimely death in 1968. In addition to his scholarly achievements, "Charlie" Tiebout brought wit, irreverence, and goodwill to everything he did and everyone he knew. He was particularly good in advising, counseling, and encouraging graduate students: thus, it is fitting that the WRSA's annual prize bearing his name be awarded to the best graduate student paper in regional science.

The Western Regional Science Association is proud to announce the 22nd Annual Competition for the Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional Science.

The Tiebout Prize is awarded for the best paper submitted by a full-time graduate student enrolled at an accredited academic institution (currently, or during academic year 2006–2007). To be considered, papers should be in the general multidisciplinary realm of regional science--topics in the fields of regional economics, urban economics, urban/regional planning, geography, and local public finance are especially encouraged. Papers will be judged by a Reading Committee of former WRSA Presidents, and the decision of the committee (which will be rendered by late November) will be final.

The Author of the winning paper must present at the WRSA's 47th Annual Meeting to be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, during the period February 17-20, 2008. The winning author will receive $1,000 to help defray the costs of attending the Meeting. The paper also will be published in the prestigious international quarterly journal The Annals of Regional Science (published by Springer) following regular review procedures. Authors of all submitted papers judged by the Program Committee to be worthy of presentation will be invited to deliver them in regular sessions of the Meeting. Registration waivers will be made awarded to authors of papers judged worthy of designation for "Finalist" status in the competition.

Graduate students wishing to submit papers for the competition should send five (5) hard copies and e-mail as an attachment an electronic copy of the paper in Word, WordPerfect or PDF format to:

Professor David Plane, Organizer, 47th Annual Meeting of the WRSA
Department of Geography & Regional Development
University of Arizona / Harvill Building, Box 2 (2nd & Olive Streets)
Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
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Deadline for submission (hard copies of papers much reach WRSA by): October 15, 2007.

  • Submissions must include a cover page giving the paper's title, author's full name, address, phone and fax numbers.
  • Please indicate your Department and University affiliation and the name of your primary faculty supervisor.
  • Papers should be double spaced. Only one submission per author and only singly-authored papers will be considered.
  • NOTE: Any paper exceeding 50 pages in length will NOT be considered by the Reading Committee.


Visit the WRSA web site for full conference information: http://geog.arizona.edu/wrsa