June 18th

Opening Address by Don Davis (Columbia University) and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (UB and IEB)

Lecture 1

"The economics of segregation"

Don Davis (Columbia University)

Coffee

Lecture 2

"Evaluating Place-based Policies"

Helen Simpson (University of Bristol)

Working Lunch

Students' presentations I

Chair : Don Davis (Columbia University)

"Housing Constraints and Campain Ginance", Rui Yu (University of Pennsylvania)

“A Welfare Analysis of Income Taxation in the Presence of Commuting”, Yashar Blouri (University of Bern)

Break

Students' presentations I

Chair : Helen Simpson (University of Bristol)

“The Capitalization of Property Taxes on Local Housing Markets”, Ellen Fu (University of Pennsylvania)

“Property Tax and Real Estate Value: A Natural Experiment from Portugal”, João Pereira dos Santos (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

Dinner