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SI 2025 Urban Economics
Organized by Rebecca Diamond, Jonathan I. Dingel, and Edward L. Glaeser July 24-25, 2025 Hotel Marlowe, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA FORMAT: For the 50-minute slots, 25 for the presenter, 12.5 for the discussant and 12.5 for Q&A. For the 20-minute slots, 15 for the presenter and 5 for Q&A. |
Thursday, July 24 | |
Morning Joint with Real Estate
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8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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8:30 am |
Short Presentations from Job Market Papers
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Can We Rebuild a City? Zoning and the Dynamics of Urban Redevelopment |
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Build What and for Whom? The Distributional Effects of Housing Supply |
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Diversifying the Suburbs: Rental Supply and Spatial Inequality |
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Housing Regulation and Neighborhood Sorting across the US |
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9:50 am |
Break
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10:00 am |
Housing Affordability and the Mobility of Renters
Discussant:
Joanna Venator, Boston College |
10:50 am |
The Distaste for Density
Discussant:
Evan Soltas, Princeton University and NBER |
11:40 am |
The Bronx is Burning: Urban Disinvestment Effects of the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
Discussant:
Parinitha R. Sastry, Columbia University |
12:30 pm |
Lunch
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Urban Economics Meeting
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1:30 pm |
Inclusive Infrastructure: People versus Place
Discussant:
Allan Hsiao, Stanford University and NBER |
2:20 pm |
When Developers Hold Office: Shaping Housing Supply Through Local Politics
Discussant:
Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
3:10 pm |
Hidden Biases: Selective Advertising in the Rental Housing Market
Discussant:
Katherine B. Coffman, Harvard University |
4:00 pm |
Break
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4:15 pm |
Dynamic Individuals, Static Neighborhoods: Migration, Earnings Changes, and Concentrated Poverty
Discussant:
Ingrid Ellen, New York University |
5:05 pm |
Adjourn
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Friday, July 25 | |
7:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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8:00 am |
Short Presentations
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The Effect of Local Landlords on Rental Housing Prices and Returns |
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The Geography of Higher Education and Spatial Inequalities |
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Populations in Spatial Equilibrium |
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One Land, Many Promises: Assessing the Consequences of Unequal Childhood Location Effects |
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Displacement and Infrastructure Provision: Evidence from the Interstate Highway System |
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Social Ties and Residential Choice: Micro Evidence and Equilibrium Implications |
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10:00 am |
Break
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10:15 am |
The Geography of Life: Evidence from Copenhagen
Discussant:
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER |
Session on Current Urban Policy Debates
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11:00 am |
A Longer-Run Evaluation of the Employment Effects of Opportunity Zones |
11:25 am |
The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City |
11:50 am |
The Impact of Temporary Rental Subsidies on Homelessness: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
12:15 pm |
Lunch
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1:00 pm |
The Effects of Eviction on Children
Discussant:
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER |
1:50 pm |
The Traffic Noise Externality: Costs, Incidence and Policy Implications
Discussant:
Jonathan Hall, The University of Alabama |
2:40 pm |
Break
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3:00 pm |
Segregation by Choice? Separating Preferences from Restrictions in Housing Markets
Discussant:
Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER |
3:50 pm |
Sewers and Urbanization in the Developing World
Discussant:
Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER |
4:40 pm |
In-situ Upgrading or Population Relocation? Direct Impacts and Spatial Spillovers of Slum Renewal Policies
Discussant:
Hector Blanco, Rutgers University |
5:30 pm |
Adjourn
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