The Triangle Applied Microeconomics Conference (TAMC) is a joint effort between Duke, NC State, and UNC-Chapel Hill to bring together economists in the region working on applied microeconomics topics.

UNC-Chapel Hill will host the fifth TAMC on May 1, 2026 (Friday). TAMC 2026 is funded by the Microeconomics Initiative (NC State), the UNC Economics Department, and ERID (Duke).

Location: University Room, Hyde Hall, located at 176 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC. Additional information about the venue, parking, and map is provided below. 

Conference Schedule

Thursday, April 30, 2026

• 6:00 Dinner (by invitation)

Friday, May 1, 2026

• 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

• 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote 1: Jason Abaluck

Health Insurance Isn't About Consumer Cost-Sharing

• 10:00 - 10:15 Break

• 10:15 - 11:35 Session 1: Real Estate

Capitalization as a Two-Part Tariff: The Equilibrium Structure of Housing Prices

Presenter: Spencer Banzhaf 

Georgist Non-Neutrality

Presenter: William Jungerman

• 11:35 - 11:50 Break

• 11:50 - 12:35 Graduate session 

Andrew Capron (UNC): Welfare and Efficiency in Flexible Healthcare Supply: Evidence from Hospital-at-Home

Rui Chang (NC State): Do Cover Crops Increase Corn Yields? Evidence of Heterogeneous Effects across States

Sam Bock (Duke): Weighing the Impacts of GLP-1s: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Provider Adoption

• 12:35 - 1:35   Lunch

• 1:35 - 2:55 Session 2: The Economics of Mental Health

Labor Market Impacts of Mental Health

Presenter: Emily Cuddy

Lasting effects: An econometric framework for resilience

Presenter: Valentin Verdier

• 2:55 - 3:10   Break

• 3:10 - 4:30 Session 3: Human Capital and Workplace Behavior

Educational Attainment, Field of Study, and Labor Market Outcomes

Presenter: Pengpeng Xiao

Steering Adaptation: Firm Risk Sharing, Moral Hazard, and Driver Responses to Heat in the Trucking Industry

Presenter: Zhenxuan Wang

• 4:30-4:45 Break

• 4:45 - 5:45 Keynote 2: Andrea Prat

Mergers and Non-contractible Benefits: The Employees' Perspective

• 5:45 Concluding Remarks

Location, Map & Parking

The conference will take place in the University Room, Hyde Hall, located at 176 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC. The map below shows the conference venue, the conference hotel, the dinner location, and the recommended parking option. The University Room is located on the first floor of Hyde Hall. 

Parking: As shown on the map, the recommended public parking option is the James Wallace Parking Deck, located at 150 E. Rosemary Street. The Wallace Deck is a public off-street parking facility. Standard paid hours are Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Organizers:

Jason Baron (jason.baron@duke.edu)

Adriana Corredor-Waldron (amcorred@ncsu.edu)

Akardev Ghosh (arkadev.ghosh@duke.edu)

Jacob Kohlhepp (kohlhepp@unc.edu)