The Quantitative and Applied Spatial Economic Research Laboratory (QASER Lab) is designed to apply quantitative research in spatial economics and finance. Our strategic goal is to create and promote, in partnership with industry, innovative sustainable solutions to economic and financial problems using advanced mathematical, statistical, and computational modelling. Industry partners provide the resources to tackle complex problems as well as invaluable expertise on the more practical aspects of such problems. Industry benefits from access in QASER to state-of-the-art research in applied finance and economics.