The aims of the Warwick Centre for Public Economics (WCPE), currently being established, are the promotion of public economic theory and also the encouragement of the use of theory in empirical analyses of public economic problems. Thus, the aims of the WCPE extend those of the Journal of Public Economic Theory and the Association for Public Economic Theory, APET, to include the empirical public economics and the encouragement of the use of theory in applied public economics. The WCPE is being established under the directorship of Professor Myrna Wooders.

Director:                       Professor Myrna Wooders
Deputy Director:            Professor Ian Walker
Associate Directors:      Professor Ben Lockwood
,                                  Professor Michael Waterson,
                                   Dr Kimberley Scharf

Projects
Multijurisdictional Economies: Trade and Tax/Amenity competition
This research project is sponsored by the ESRC as part of its research programme Understanding the Evolving Macro Economy, directed by Mark Taylor

Some Useful links:

• PET '03, the upcoming APET conference, chaired by Thomas Nechyba, will be held at Duke University, June 12-15th. 

PET '02
Journal of Public Economic Theory

• Warwick Public Economics Weekend

• Other forthcoming conferences (pdf format) (excel format)