Economics of Place-Based Policies
Organized by Cécile Gaubert, Gordon H. Hanson, and David Neumark
Supported by Arnold Ventures
November 7-8, 2024
Charles Suite, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Format: 25 minutes for authors, 10 minutes for discussants, and 10 minutes for Q & A.
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 and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Chiara Criscuolo, International Finance Corporation (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, Independent economist
11:30am

The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones

Kevin Corinth, American Enterprise Institute
David Coyne, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Naomi E. Feldman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Craig Johnson, U.S. 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