
	Thursday, July 23
	FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes to show the research, immediately followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. The moderator will invite presenters' co-authors to address audience questions in the Zoom chat while the presenter is presenting. The moderator may also voice one or two questions from the Zoom chat directly to the presenter during the presentation. During Q&A the moderator will select participants from the Zoom chat to voice their questions
	Morning Session is Joint with Real Estate
	Session I
9:00 am	Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects (slides) Arpit Gupta, New York University Constantine Kontokosta, New York University Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER
	Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Implications (slides) Jason Barr, Rutgers University Jan Brueckner, University of California at Irvine Remi Jedwab, George Washington University
	Session II
10:00 am	The Price of Protection: Landlord-Tenant Regulations and the Decline in Rental Affordability, 1960-2017 Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER Alanna F. Williams, University of Washington
	The Price of Residential Land for Counties, ZIP codes, and Census Tracts in the United States (slides) Morris Davis, Rutgers University William Larson, U.S, Department of the Treasury Stephen D. Oliner, American Enterprise Institute Jessica Shui, Federal Housing Finance Agency
	Session III
11:00 am	Neighborhood Choice, Information, and the Value of Amenities (slides) Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	The Microgeography of Housing Supply Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto Lu Han, University of Wisconsin at Madison
12:00 pm	Round Table Discussion on COVID-19 and Cities Ingrid Ellen, New York University Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Kelsey Jack, University of California at Santa Barbara and NBER Diego Puga, CEMFI
	FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes (with the co-author responding on chat), discussants will have 10 minutes, the remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A moderated by the organizer
	Session I: The Economics of Agglomeration
1:00 pm	Productivity, Place, and Plants: Revisiting the Measurement Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Oren Ziv, Michigan State University Discussant: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
1:40 pm	Cities and Technology Cycles Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto Martí Mestieri, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Discussant: Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
2:20 pm	Spatial Economics for Granular Settings Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER Discussant: Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:00 pm	Break
3:10 pm	The Returns to Serendipity: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER M. Keith Chen, University of California at Los Angeles Anton Popov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:50 pm	Social Proximity to Capital: Implications for Investors and Firms Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER Yan Li, Baruch College Lin Peng, Baruch College Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER Dexin Zhou, Baruch College Discussant: Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
4:30 pm	Social Capital and Labor Market Networks (slides) Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Judith K. Hellerstein, University of Maryland and NBER Mark Kutzbach, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER Discussant: Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER
5:10 pm	Adjourn
	Friday, July 24
	Session II: Urban History
8:30 am	Was the Arsenal of Democracy an Engine of Mobility? Public Investment and the Roots of Mid-century Manufacturing Opportunity Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau Discussant: Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
9:10 am	Immigrants, Industries, and Path Dependence Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI Discussant: Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau (slides)
	Session III: Urban Policy
10:00 am	School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley Discussant: Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics
10:40 am	Is Spending on Schools Valuable and Efficient? A National Study of the Capitalization of School Spending and Local Taxes Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER Kenneth Whaley, University of South Florida Discussant: Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:20 am	Learning about Homelessness Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Angela Wyse, University of Chicago Alexa Grunwaldt, University of Chicago Carla Medalia, U.S. Census Bureau Derek Wu, University of Virginia Discussant: Brendan O'Flaherty, Columbia University (slides)
12:00 pm	Homeownership, Labor Supply, and Neighborhood Quality (slides) Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University Tamar Ramot, Bank of Israel and Hebrew University Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel Discussant: Denise DiPasquale, City Research
12:40 pm	Break
	Session IV: Transportation
1:00 pm	Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity (slides) Caitlin S. Gorback, University of Texas at Austin Discussant: Jonathan Hall, Uber
1:40 pm	When Safety Messages Make Us Less Safe: Evidence from Traffic Fatality Messages (slides) Jonathan Hall, University of Toronto Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota Discussant: Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago (slides)
2:20 pm	National Transportation Networks, Market Access, and Regional Economic Growth Ian L. Herzog, Huron University College Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER (slides)
	Session V: Developing World Cities
3:00 pm	Enforcing Payment for Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi’s Slums (slides) Aidan Coville, World Bank Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland and NBER Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Discussant: Bryce Steinberg, Brown University and NBER
3:40 pm	Transportation, Gentrification, and Urban Mobility: The Inequality Effects of Place-Based Policies Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gharad T. Bryan, London School of Economics Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER Bilal Siddiqi, The Life You Can Save Discussant: Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
4:20 pm	Migration Costs and Observational Returns to Migration in the Developing World David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER Michael E. Waugh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER Discussant: Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
5:00 pm	Factor Allocation, Informality, and Transit Improvements: Evidence from Mexico City (slides) Roman Zarate, The World Bank Discussant: Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:40 pm	Adjourn
	FORMAT: ALL PRESENTERS HAVE 20 MINUTES ALL DISCUSSANTS HAVE 10 MINUTES
	Saturday, December 5
4:15 pm	Spatial Economics for Granular Settings (slides) Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

Participants

Manuel Adelino, Duke University and NBER
Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Nobuo Akai, Osaka University
Christoph Albert, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Bruno Albuquerque, International Monetary Fund
Simon Alder, Swiss National Bank
Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
Milena Almagro, University of Chicago and NBER
Gene Amromin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Elliot Anenberg, Federal Reserve Board
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jason Barr, Rutgers University
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
Youssef Benzarti, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Peter Bergman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Michael C. Best, Columbia University and NBER
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado
Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER
Leah Brooks, George Washington University
Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Jan Brueckner, University of California at Irvine
Gharad T. Bryan, London School of Economics
Greg Buchak, Stanford University
Gregorio S. Caetano, University of Georgia
M. Keith Chen, University of California at Los Angeles
Alex Chinco, Baruch College
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Souphala Chomsisengphet, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University and NBER
Robert Collinson, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Victor Couture, University of British Columbia
Julie Berry Cullen, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Thomas Davidoff, University of British Columbia
Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER
Morris Davis, Rutgers University
Jorge De la Roca, University of Southern California
Anthony A. DeFusco, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Rajeev H. Dehejia, New York University and NBER
Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
Denise DiPasquale, City Research
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER
Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego
Gabriel Ehrlich, University of Michigan
Nada Eissa, Georgetown University and NBER
Ingrid Ellen, New York University
Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Henry S. Farber, Princeton University and NBER
James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Stuart Gabriel, University of California at Los Angeles
Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland and NBER
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Andra C. Ghent, University of Utah
Stefano Giglio, Yale University and NBER
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, University of California at Berkeley
Caitlin S. Gorback, University of Texas at Austin
Jacques N. Gordon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse M. Gregory, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Arpit Gupta, New York University
Umit Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Jonathan Hall, University of Toronto
Jonathan Hall, Uber
Lu Han, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University and NBER
Mariaflavia Harari, University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University
Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER
J. Vernon Henderson, London School of Economics
Ian Herzog, Huron University College
Aurel Hizmo, Federal Reserve Board
Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
Troup Howard, University of Utah
Caroline M. Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER
Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Robert P. Inman, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Yannis M. Ioannides, Tufts University
Kelsey Jack, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics
Remi Jedwab, George Washington University
Erik Johnson, University of California at Berkeley
Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER
Benjamin J. Keys, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Scott Duke Kominers, Harvard University
Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER
Lorenz Kueng, University of Lugano
Edward Kung, California State University, Northridge
Mark J. Kutzbach, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER
Tim Landvoigt, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER
William Larson, U.S, Department of the Treasury
Donghoon Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Sanghoon Lee, University of British Columbia

Yong Suk Lee, University of Notre Dame
Yan Li, Baruch College
Jeffrey Lin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Crocker Liu, Cornell University
Haoyang Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Benjamin B. Lockwood, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Lara Loewenstein, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Byron Lutz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Chandler Lutz, Securities and Exchange Commission
Ronan C. Lyons, Trinity College Dublin
Hugh Macartney, Duke University
Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Vikram Maheshri, University of Houston
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Kyle Mangum, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Dayanand S. Manoli, Georgetown University and NBER
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
Evan E. Mast, University of Notre Dame
Christopher J. Mayer, Columbia University and NBER
Therese McGuire, Northwestern University
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Martí Mestieri, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Jeffrey A. Miron, Harvard University and NBER
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER
Joan Monras, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
Alvin Murphy, Arizona State University
Charles G. Nathanson, Northwestern University
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College
Brendan O'Flaherty, Columbia University
Terry O'Malley, Central Bank of Ireland
Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Stephen D. Oliner, American Enterprise Institute
Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI
Andrew Paciorek, Federal Reserve Board
Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER
Christopher Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago
Lin Peng, Baruch College
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University and NBER
Giacomo Ponzetto, CREI
Jaren Pope, Brigham Young University
Anton Popov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Diego Puga, CEMFI
Franklin Qian, University of North Carolina
Luis E. Quintero, Johns Hopkins University
Tarun Ramadorai, Imperial College London
Rodney Ramcharan, University of Southern California
Davin K. Reed, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Stuart Rosenthal, Cornell University
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau
Andrew A. Samwick, Dartmouth College and NBER
Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University and NBER
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Amy Ellen Schwartz, University of Delaware
Felipe Severino, Dartmouth College
Kevin Y. Shih, City University of New York
Jessica Shui, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Bilal Siddiqi, The Life You Can Save
Todd M. Sinai, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Cindy Soo, University of Michigan
Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College and NBER
Bryce Steinberg, Brown University and NBER
Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan and NBER
Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER
William Strange, University of Toronto
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
Bryan A. Stuart, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
Daniel M. Sullivan, JPMorgan Chase Institute
Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER
Kegon T.K. Tan, University of Rochester
Alisa Tazhitdinova, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Alexei Tchistyi, Cornell University
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
Walter N. Torous, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clemence Tricaud, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
Linh T. Tô, Boston University
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER
Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER
Carles Vergara-Alert, IESE Business School
Stan Veuger, American Enterprise Institute
James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER
Nancy E. Wallace, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth Whaley, University of South Florida
William Wheaton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and NBER
Arlene Wong, Princeton University
Derek Wu, University of Virginia
Angela Wyse, University of Chicago
Danny Yagan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Roman Zarate, The World Bank
Junfu Zhang, Clark University
Qinghua Zhang, Peking University
Siqi Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dexin Zhou, Baruch College
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER
Oren Ziv, Michigan State University
Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel
Winnie van Dijk, Yale University and NBER
Wilbert H. van der Klaauw, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER