
	Thursday, November 7
12:30pm	Lunch, Somerset
1:30pm	Opening Remarks
1:45pm	Place-Based Policies in the US and EU in comparative perspecitve: a review Peter R. Berkowitz, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy Michael Storper, London School of Economics Discussant: Chiara Criscuolo, IFC
2:30pm	Tribal Casinos and Economic Success Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Discussant: Donn L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER
3:15pm	Break
3:30pm	The Potential of Public Employment Reallocation as a Place-Based Policy Dimitria Freitas, TUD Dresden University of Technology Discussant: Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
4:15pm	Panel Discussion: Designing and Implementing Place-Based Policies Moderator: James Poterba, MIT and NBER Panelists: Dell Gines, International Economic Development Council Yvonne Hao, Secretary, Executive Office of Economic Development, State of Massachusetts David Wessel, Brookings Institution
5:30pm	Adjourn
6:00pm	Dinner, Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Friday, November 8
8:30am	Breakfast
9:00am	Do Place-Based Industrial Interventions Help ``Left-Behind'' Workers? Lessons from WWII and Beyond Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Discussant: Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
9:45am	Place-Based Policies: Lessons from Theory Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
10:30am	Break
10:45am	Lessons Learned and Ignored in U.S. Place-Based Policymaking Matthew Freedman, University of California, Irvine David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER Discussant: Jed Kolko, (former) US Department of Commerce
11:30am	The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones Kevin Corinth, American Enterprise Institute David Coyne, Department of the Treasury Naomi E. Feldman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Craig Johnson, Department of the Treasury Discussant: Patrick J. Kennedy, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:15pm	Lunch, Somerset
1:15pm	The Place Based Policy Supply Chain Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER Dani Rodrik, Harvard University and NBER Rohan Sandhu, Harvard University Discussant: Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
2:00pm	Closing Remarks
2:15pm	Adjourn

Participants

Timothy J. Bartik, Upjohn Institute
Peter R. Berkowitz, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Chiara Criscuolo, IFC
Donn L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER
Naomi E. Feldman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Matthew Freedman, University of California, Irvine
Dimitria Freitas, TUD Dresden University of Technology
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Dell Gines, The International Economic Development Council
Daniel Goroff, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
Yvonne Hao, Secretary, Executive Office of Economic Development
Craig Johnson, Department of the Treasury

Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau
Brian Kahin, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
Patrick J. Kennedy, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Jed Kolko, (former) US Department of Commerce
Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First
Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Adam Ozimek, Economic Innovation Group
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University and NBER
Miguel Sarzosa, The MITRE Corporation
Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Storper, London School of Economics
David Wessel, Brookings Institution