Economics of Infrastructure Investment
Organized by Edward L. Glaeser and James M. Poterba
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
November 15-16, 2019
Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA
Friday, November 15
8:15 am
Breakfast
8:45 am

Transportation Infrastructure in the US

Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
Geetika Nagpal, The World Bank

Discussant:
Stephen J. Redding, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 am

Measuring Infrastructure in BEA's National Economic Accounts

Jennifer Bennett, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Robert Kornfeld, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER
David Wasshausen, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Discussant:
Peter Blair Henry, Stanford University
11:15 am
Break
11:45 am

Is Infrastructure Spending Like Other Spending?

Leah Brooks, The George Washington University
Zachary Liscow, Yale University

Discussant:
Clifford Winston, The Brookings Institution
1:00 pm
Lunch- University BC
2:00 pm
Infrastructure Investment -- A Perspective from the Markets
Beth Ann Bovino, S&P Global
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Procurement Practices and Infrastructure Costs (slides)

Dejan Makovsek, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Adrian Bridge, Queensland University of Technology

Discussant:
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
4:30 pm

Digital Infrastructure

Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner- Royal Sonesta Hotel- Longfellow BC
Saturday, November 16
8:15 am
Breakfast
8:45 am

International Experience with Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure

Eduardo Engel, University of Chile
Ronald Fischer, Universidad de Chile
Alexander Galetovic, Adolfo Ibáñez University

Discussant:
Keith Hennessey, Stanford University
10:00 am

A Fair Value Approach to Valuing Public Infrastructure Projects and the Risk Transfer in Public Private Partnerships

Deborah J. Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jorge Alberto Jimenez Montesinos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Richard Geddes, Cornell University
11:15 am
Break
11:45 am

Macroeconomic Consequences of Infrastructure Investment

Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Jason Furman, Harvard University
1:00 pm
Adjourn with optional lunch- Charles B