Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Conference

8:30 - 9:00

Coffee and Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00

Quantitative Economic Geography
Treb Allen and Costas Arkolakis
Discussant: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

10:00 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 11:15

Optimal Spatial Policies
Pablo Fajgelbaum and Cecile Gaubert
Discussant: Arnaud Costinot

11:15 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:30

Transportation
Dave Donaldson
Discussant: Victor Couture

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30

Quantitative Urban Economics
Stephen Redding
Discussant: Don Davis

2:30 - 2:45

Break

2:45 - 3:45

Housing Supply
Nate Baum-Snow and Gilles Duranton
Discussant: Vernon Henderson

3:45 - 4:00

Break

4:00 - 5:00

Spatial Sorting and Inequality
Rebecca Diamond and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
Discussant: Jessie Handbury

5:00 - 5:15

Break

5:15 - 6:15

Local Labor Markets
Gordon Hanson and Enrico Moretti
Discussant: Rafael Dix-Carneiro

7:00

Dinner – Palmer House (Invitation Only)

8:30 - 9:00

Coffee and Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00

Spatial Dynamics
Klaus Desmet and Fernando Parro
Discussant: Michael Peters

10:00 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 11:15

Spatial Environmental Economics
Clare Balboni and Joseph Shapiro
Discussant: Scott Taylor

11:15 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:30

Cites and Regions in Low-Income Countries
Gharad Bryan and Melanie Morten
Discussant: Nina Harari

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30

New Data in Regional and Urban Economics
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, and Adam Storeygard
Discussant: Stephan Heblich

2:30

Adjourn