Program
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09:00-09:15 - Opening address: Jose María Durán (Director, IEB); Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
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09:15-10:00 - Plenary Session: "Location as an Asset" – Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University)
HALL AULA MAGNA
10:00-10:30 -Coffee break
10:30-12:00
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Session 1a – RESIDENTIAL CHOICES
Chair: Diego Puga (CEMFI)
“Immigrants’ Residential Choices and Their Consequences”
Christoph Albert (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Joan Monras (CEMFI)
Discussant: Maximilian v. Ehrlich (University of Bern)
“Calling from the Outside: the Role of Networks in Residential Mobility”
Konstantin Büchel (University of Bern), Maximilian v. Ehrlich (University of Bern), Diego Puga (CEMFI) and Elisabet Viladacans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
Discussant: Joan Monras (CEMFI)
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Session 1b – AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES I
Chair: Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
“Unequal productivity Gains in Urban China”
Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon), Sylvie Démurger (University of Lyon), Shi Li (Beijing Normal University) and Jianguo Wang (Beijing Information Science and Technology University)
Discussant: Alessia Matano (Universitat de Barcelona and AQR)
“Separating Selection from Spillover Effects: Using the Mode to estimate the Return to City Size”
Hugo Jales (Syracuse University), Boqian Jiang (Syracuse University) and Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
Discussant: Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon)
12:10-13:40
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Session 2a – TRANSPORTATION I
Chair: Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (University of Geneva)
Simon Alder (UNC Chapel Hill) and Illenin Kondo (University of Notre Dame)
Discussant: Andrii Parkhomenko (University of Southern California)
“Highways, Market access, and Spatial Sorting”
Stephan Fretz (Swissgrid), Raphaël Parchet (Università della Svizzera Italiana) and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (University of Geneva)
Discussant: Marta Santamaria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
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Session 2b –PLACE-BASED HOUSING POLICIES
Chair: Nicolás González-Pampillón (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
“Slum Upgrading and Long-Run Urban Development: Evidence from Indonesia”
Mariaflavia Harari (University of Pennsylvania) and Maisy Wong (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant: David Castells-Quintana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and AQR)
“Spillover Effects from a Place-Based Housing Subsidy”
Nicolás González-Pampillón (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
Discussant: Amanda Ross (The University of Alabama)
HALL AULA MAGNA
13:40-14:40 -WORKING Lunch
14:40-16:40
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Session 3a – SUBURBANIZATION
Chair: Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics, CNRS)
“Race to the top in Urban Sprawl”
Maximilian V. Ehrlich (University of Bern), Christian Hilber (LSE) and Olivier Schöni (University of Bern)
Discussant: Miren Lafourcade (University Paris-Sud and PSE)
"Flight from Urban Blight: Lead Poisoning, Crime and Suburbanization"
Federico Curci (Universidad Carlos III) and Federico Masera (University of New South Wales)
Discussant: Christian Hilber (LSE)
“Delineating Metropolitan Areas with Building Density”
Marie-Pierre de Bellefon (INSEE), Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon), Gilles Duranton (University of Pennsylvania) and Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics, CNRS)
Discussant: Miquel-Àngel García-López (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and IEB)
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Session 3b – HOUSING I
Chair: Andrii Parkhomenko (University of Southern California)
“Land Re-Development in English Cities”
Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics)
Discussant: André K. Anundsen (Norges Bank)
“Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy in Regional Housing Markets”
Knut Are Aastveit (Norges Bank and BI Norwegian Business School) and André K. Anundsen (Norges Bank)
Discussant: Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
“The Rise of Housing Supply Regulation in the US: Local Causes and Aggregate Implications”
Andrii Parkhomenko (University of Southern California)
Discussant: David Nágy (CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
HALL AULA MAGNA
16:40-17:00 -Coffee break
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17:00-17:45 - Plenary Session: "The Lifecycle of Land: Evidence from the US, 2000-2010" – Henry Overman (London School of Economics)
DINNER
20:00 - TBA
09:30-10:50
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Session 4a – URBAN REVIVAL
Chair: Florian Mayneris (Université du Québec à Montreal)
“The Urban Economics of Retail”
Coen Teulings (University of Cambridge), Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Jan Svitak (NACM)
Discussant: Jan Rowendal (VU University)
“Cities in Motion: Gentrification and Local Business”
Kristian Behrens (UQÀM), Brahim Boualam (UQÀM), Julien Martin (UQÀM), Florian Mayneris (UQÀM)
Discussant: Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics)
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Session 4b – LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE
Chair: Ines Helm (Stockholm University)
“Property Taxation, Housing and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from German Municipalities” Max Löffler (University of Cologne) and Sebastian Siegloch (University of Manheim)
Discussant: David Albouy (University of Illinois)
“The Dynamic Response of Municipal Fiscal Budgets to Revenue Shocks” Ines Helm (Stockholm University) and Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III)
Discussant: Dirk Foremny (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
HALL AULA MAGNA
10:50-11:10 -Coffee break
11:10-13:10
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Session 5a – THE GEOGRAPHY OF PRODUCTION Room: SALA DE JUNTES
Chair: Oren Ziv (Michigan State University)
Tomoya Mori (Kyoto University) and Jens Wrona (HHU Düsseldorf)
Discussant: Florian Mayneris (Université du Québec à Montreal)
“Small Teams in Big Cities: Inequality, City Size, and the Organization of Production”
Clara Santamaria (Princeton University)
Discussant: Oren Ziv (Michigan State University)
“The Internal Geography of Firms”
Dominik Bartelme (University of Michigan) and Oren Ziv (Michigan State University)
Discussant: Jens Wrona (HHU Düsseldorf)
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Session 5b – HOUSING II
Chair: Jan Rowendal (VU University)
“Home Equity and the Timing of Claiming Social Security Retirement Income”
Naqun Huang (IUD), Jing Li (SMU) and Amanda Ross (The University of Alabama)
Discussant: Andreas Mense (University of Erlangen-Nurenberg)
“Empirics of the Casual Effects of Rent Control in Germany”
Andreas Mense (Univ .of Erlangen-Nurenberg), Claus Michelsen (DIW Berlin), K. Kholodilin (DIW Berlin)
Discussant: Guillaume Chapelle (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
“Measuring Diverging House Prices”
Jan Rowendal (VU University) and Mark van Duijn (University of Groningen)
Discussant: Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology)
HALL AULA MAGNA
13:10-14:10 -WORKING Lunch
14:10-15:30
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Session 6a – TRANSPORTATION II
Chair: Kate Vyborny (Duke University)
“The Value of Infrastructure Investments: Evidence from the Division of Germany”
Marta Santamaria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Discussant: Elisabet Viladecnas-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
“Infrastructure Investments and Public Transport Use: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan”
Hadia Majid (Lahore University of management Sciences), Ammar Malik (Duke University) and Kate Vyborny (Duke University)
Discussant: Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)
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Session 6b – AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES II
Chair: Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics)
“Creativity over Space and Time”
Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto) and Guido Tabellini (Università Bocconi)
Discussant: Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics)
“The Economic Effects of Density: A Synthesis”
Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics) and Elisabetta Pietrostefani (London School of Economics)
Discussant: Jorge de la Roca (University of Southern California)
15:40-17:10
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Session 7a – NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS
Chair: Gabriel Loumeau (ETH Zürich)
“Unlocking Amenities: Estimating Public Good Complementarity”
David Albouy (University of Illinois), Peter Christensen (University of Illinois) and Ignacio Sarmiento (University of Illinois)
Discussant: Max Löffler (University of Cologne)
“Public Services and Population Density: Theory and Evidence from Paris”
Gabriel Loumeau (ETH Zürich)
Discussant: Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (University of Geneva)
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Session 7b – CLUSTERS AND POLICY
Chair: Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)
Matthew Kahn (USC), Weizeng Sun (Jinan Univ.), Jianfeng Wu (Fudan University) and Siqi Zheng (MIT)
Discussant: Mariaflavia Harari (University of Pennsylvania)
“Industrial Clusters in the Long-Run: Evidence from Million-Rouble Plants in China”
Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol), Marlon Seror (University of Bristol), Hao Xu (Pekin University) and Yanos Zylberberg (University of Bristol).
Discussant: Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)
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17:20-18:05- Plenary Session: "Labor Market Polarization In a System of Cities: The Case of France" – Donald Davis (University of Columbia)
HALL AULA MAGNA
18:05 - Farewell Drink