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SI 2026 Urban Economics
Organized by Rebecca Diamond, Jonathan I. Dingel, and Edward L. Glaeser July 30-31, 2026 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA FORMAT: For the 45-minute slots, 25 minutes for presenter, 10 for discussant, and 10 for Q&A. For the 25-minute slots, 20 for the presenter and 5 for Q&A. |
| Thursday, July 30 | |
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Joint with Real Estate through 2:20 pm
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| 8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 8:30 am |
Overlapping Jurisdictions and the Provision of Local Public Goods in U.S. Metropolitan Areas |
| 8:55 am |
Slum Redevelopments and Evictions in a Developing Megacity |
| 9:20 am |
Family Ties, Residential Location Choice, and Labor Supply
Discussant:
Laura Weiwu, University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:05 am |
Break
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| 10:20 am |
Racial Segregation, Landlords, and Urban Decay
Discussant:
Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto |
| 11:05 am |
Zoning and the American Suburb
Discussant:
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch
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| 12:50 pm |
How Costly Is Permitting in Housing Development?
Discussant:
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
| 1:35 pm |
Assessing Assessors
Discussant:
Christopher Berry, The University of Chicago |
| 2:20 pm |
Break (end of joint session with Real Estate)
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| 2:35 pm |
Pathways into Homelessness
Discussant:
Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College |
| 3:20 pm |
Break
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| 3:30 pm |
Children of Neighborhood Renewal: Long-Run Effects of a Revitalization Program
Discussant:
Bryan A. Stuart, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| 4:15 pm |
Creating High-Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence from the HOPE VI Program
Discussant:
Diego Daruich, University of Southern California |
| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn
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| Friday, July 31 | |
| 8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 8:30 am |
Urban Costs around the World |
| 8:55 am |
Conflict, Forced Displacement and Growth: Evidence from Uganda |
| 9:20 am |
Dynamic Costs of Resource Shocks: Evidence from Cape Town’s Water Crisis |
| 9:45 am |
Land Subsidence: Environmental Risk in Housing Markets in Mexico City |
| 10:10 am |
Break
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| 10:30 am |
Innovation Spillovers Within Firms and Within Cities
Discussant:
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER |
| 11:15 am |
Social Learning among Urban Manufacturing Firms: Energy-Efficient Motors in Bangladesh
Discussant:
Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego and NBER |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:00 pm |
A Unified Urban Model With Non-Homothetic Housing Demand
Discussant:
Levi Crews, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1:45 pm |
Break
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| 2:00 pm |
Road Pricing under Heterogeneity
Discussant:
Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER |
| 2:45 pm |
Navigating Change: Google Maps, Real-Time Information, and Transit Ridership
Discussant:
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER |
| 3:30 pm |
Break
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| 3:45 pm |
Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility |
| 4:10 pm |
Competition and the Cost of U.S. Infrastructure |
| 4:35 pm |
Churches and Local Economies |
| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn
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