Wednesday, June 10

Moderator: James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

12:00 pm

Welcome Remarks
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, U.S. Department of Transportation

12:15 pm

COVID-19: Implications for the Transportation Sector
Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER

Transportation Infrastructure

1:00 pm

Transportation Infrastructure in the United States (slides)

Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER

1:20 pm

Measuring the Returns to Highway Investments (slides)

Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto

1:40 pm

Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium (slides)

Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

2:00 pm

What Explains the Varying Cost of Highway Construction in the U.S.? (slides)

Leah Brooks, The George Washington University

2:30 pm

Break

Transportation Applications of the Radio Frequency Spectrum

2:45 pm

Potential Economic Value of Unlicensed Spectrum in the 5.9 GHz Band

Diana Gehlhaus Carew, RAND Corporation

3:05 pm

Comparing Spectrum Valuations Across Multiple Potential Users (slides)

Michelle Connolly, Duke University

3:25 pm

Valuing Spectrum: Lessons from Auction Experience (slides)

Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER

3:55 pm

Break

Promise and Prospect for Autonomous Vehicles

4:05 pm

Estimating Willingness to Pay for Driverless Vehicles (slides)

Benjamin Leard, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT)

4:25 pm

Policy Challenges Arising from Autonomous Vehicles (slides)

Clifford Winston, The Brookings Institution

Framing the Research Agenda in Transportation Economics

4:45 pm

The Emerging Market for Autonomous Transportation (slides)

Elaine Buckberg, Harvard University

5:15 pm

Framing the Research Agenda in Transportation Economics (slides)

Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER

5:30 pm

Adjourn