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NBER Project on the Law and Economics of Permitting
Organized by Edward L. Glaeser, Zachary Liscow, and Heidi L. Williams Supported by Coefficient Giving January 14, 2027 Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street NW in Washington, DC |
| Wednesday, January 13 | |
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner at the Hotel Washington
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| Thursday, January 14 | |
| 9:00 am |
Welcome and introductions
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| 9:30 am |
Panel: Primer on federal environmental requirements
Moderator: Kristen Hite, Congressional Research Service Panelists: James Coleman, University of Minnesota Zachary Liscow, Yale University |
| 10:30 am |
Break
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| 11:00 am |
Panel: What types of changes are being considered?
Moderator: Sam Papenfuss, Congressional Budget Office Panelists: David Hughes, Congressional Budget Office Alaina Rhee, Congressional Budget Office |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:00 pm |
Panel: Mapping permitting requirements to economic activity
Moderator: Heidi Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER Panelists: Evan Herrnstadt, Congressional Budget Office Joseph Shapiro, University of California-Berkeley and NBER |
| 2:00 pm |
Panel: Estimating the effects of changes in permitting on investment
Moderator: Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Panelists: Leah Brooks, George Washington University Charles Taylor, Harvard University and NBER Maxwell Tabarrok, Harvard University |
| 3:00 pm |
Break
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| 3:30 pm |
Panel: Macroeconomic effects of changes in permitting
Moderator: Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University ande NBER Panelists: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER Jackson Meija, University of Texas-Austin William Swanson, Congressional Budget Office |
| 4:30 pm |
Wrap-up
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| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn
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