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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 May 3, 2024 Zoom |
Friday, May 3 | |
Welcome
James Poterba, MIT and NBER |
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11:09am |
Session I: Transportation Infrastructure
Chair: Stephen Redding, Princeton University and NBER |
11:10am |
All Clear for Takeoff: Evidence from Airports on the Effects of Infrastructure Privatization |
11:35am |
Public Spending and the Public's Priorities: Road(s) to Alignment |
11:59am |
Session II: Supply Chains and the Transportation Sector
Chair: Stephen Redding, Princeton and NBER |
12:00pm |
The Causal Effects of Global Supply Chain Disruptions on Macroeconomic Outcomes: Evidence and Theory |
12:25pm |
The FLOW Initiative and Supply Chain Research |
Break
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1:04pm |
Session III: Artificial Intelligence, Electrification, and the Transportation Sector
Chair: Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER |
1:05pm |
Decision-Making with Machine Prediction: Evidence from Predictive Maintenance in Trucking |
1:30pm |
AI at the Wheel: The Effectiveness of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems |
1:55pm |
The Effects of “Buy American”: Electric Vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act |
2:20pm |
Break
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2:29pm |
Session IV: Empirical Studies of Transportation Economics
Chair: James Poterba, MIT and NBER |
2:30pm |
Value Pricing or Lexus Lanes? The Distributional Effects of Dynamic Tolling |
2:55pm |
Displacing Congestion: Evidence from Paris |
3:20pm |
Economies of Scale and Scope in Railroading |
3:45pm |
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
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