Spatial Reading Group
Spatial Reading Group
Members:
Lalit Contractor - Heterogenous Agent Macro
Abhishek Rai - Spatial and Trade
Ronit Mukherji - Consumption and Labor
Priyam Verma - International Trade and Spatial
Next Meeting: Sept 25th 2025
Topic: Kleinman, M., Liu, E., & Redding, S. (2023) Dynamic spatial general equilibrium. Econometrica, 91(2), 385-424.
Place: Zoom
Presenter: Abhishek Rai
You can read the description here. Here is an outline of the organizational structure
- We take 2 to 3 meetings for each paper.
- Each meeting is led by one of the members on a rotational basis.
- We cover 3 to 4 sections of the paper in each meeting of our reading group.
- We typically prepare slides which are later uploaded on this page.
If you would like to join, email priyam.verma@ashoka.edu.in
These are the papers that we cover
Past Meetings
Redding, S. J. (2016). "Goods trade, factor mobility and welfare." Journal of International Economics, 101, 148–167.
Slides by Lalit Notes by Abhishek
Caliendo, L., Dvorkin, M., & Parro, F. (2019) “Trade and Labor Market Dynamics: General Equilibrium Analysis of the China Trade Shock.” Econometrica, 87(3): 741–835.
Slides by Priyam Notes by Abhishek
Future Meetings
3. Kleinman, M., Liu, E., & Redding, S. (2023) Dynamic spatial general equilibrium. Econometrica, 91(2), 385-424.
4. Dvorkin, M. (2023) “Dynamic Spatial Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Agents and Asset Accumulation.” Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
5. Allen, T., & Arkolakis, C. (2014) “Trade and the Topography of the Spatial Economy.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(3): 1085–1140.
6. Allen, T., & Arkolakis, C. (2025) “Quantitative Regional Economics.” NBER Working Paper (forthcoming).
7. Redding, S. J. (2025) “Quantitative Urban Economics.” Companion chapter to Allen and Arkolakis (2025), NBER.
8. Fajgelbaum, P., & Gaubert, C. (2025) “Optimal Regional Policy in General Equilibrium.” Working Paper.
9. Eckert, F., & Kleineberg, T. (2024) “Place-Based Policies and Intergenerational Mobility.” Working Paper, Yale University.
10. Bilal, A. (2021) “Solving Heterogeneous-Agent Models in Continuous Time with Aggregate Risk and Taxes.” Working Paper, Princeton University.
11. Bilal, A., & Rossi-Hansberg, E. (2021) “Location as an Asset.” Econometrica, 89(6): 2645–2697.
12. Greaney, B., Parkhomenko, A., & Van Nieuwerburgh, S. (2025). Dynamic Urban Economics (No. w33512). National Bureau of Economic Research.
13. Helpman, E., Itskhoki, O., Muendler, M. A., & Redding, S. J. (2016). Trade and inequality: From theory to estimation. The Review of Economic Studies, 84(1), 357-405.