Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century
Organized by Edward L. Glaeser, James M. Poterba, and Stephen J. Redding
Supported by the US Department of Transportation through an interagency agreement with the National Science Foundation
October 14, 2022
Zoom.us
Friday, October 14
10:30 am
Welcome
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, US Department of Transportation
10:45 am

Optimal Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (slides)

Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am

Household Vehicle Portfolios and EV Demand (slides)

Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER
James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER
David S. Rapson, University of California, Davis
11:45 am

Understanding Port Performance and the Role of Infrastructure (slides)

Giulia Brancaccio, New York University and NBER
Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University and NBER
Theodore Papageorgiou, Boston College
12:15 pm

Multimodal Transport Networks (slides)

Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Woan Foong Wong, University of Oregon and NBER
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Political Preferences and the Spatial Distribution of Infrastructure: Evidence from California's High-Speed Rail

Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nicole Gorton, University of California, Los Angeles
Eduardo Morales, Princeton University and NBER
Edouard Schaal, Pompeu Fabra University
1:30 pm

Using New Transportation Options to Drive Low-Income Citizens to Greater Success (slides)

Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Beibei Li, Carnegie Mellon University
2:00 pm

Eliminating Fares to Expand Opportunities: Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Free Public Transportation on Economic Disparities (slides)

Matthew Freedman, University of California, Irvine
David C. Phillips, University of Notre Dame
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Transportation as a Barrier to Education Access: Evidence from Chicago Public Schools

Cecilia Moreira, Stanford University
Steven L. Puller, Texas A&M University and NBER
Ini Umosen, University of California, Berkeley
3:15 pm

Uncharted Waters: Effects of Maritime Emission Regulation (slides)

Michelle M. Marcus, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Jamie Hansen-Lewis, University of California, Davis
3:45 pm
Closing Remarks
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn