Economics of Infrastructure Investment
Edward L. Glaeser and James M. Poterba, Organizers
November 15-16, 2019
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA
| Friday, November 15 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Breakfast | |||
| 8:45 am |
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER Geetika Nagpal, World Bank Transportation Infrastructure in the US
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| 10:00 am |
Jennifer Bennett, Bureau of Economic Analysis Robert Kornfeld, Bureau of Economic Analysis Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER David Wasshausen, Bureau of Economic Analysis Measuring Infrastructure in BEA's National Economic Accounts
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| 11:15 am | Break | |||
| 11:45 am |
Leah Brooks, George Washington University Zachary Liscow, Yale University Is Infrastructure Spending Like Other Spending?
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch- University BC | |||
| 2:00 pm |
Infrastructure Investment -- A Perspective from the Markets Beth Ann Bovino, S&P Global |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm |
Dejan Makovsek, OECD Adrian Bridge, Queensland University of Technology Procurement Practices and Infrastructure Costs
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| 4:30 pm |
Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER Digital Infrastructure
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| 5:45 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner- Royal Sonesta Hotel- Longfellow BC | |||
| Saturday, November 16 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Breakfast | |||
| 8:45 am |
Eduardo Engel, University of Chile Ronald Fischer, Universidad de Chile Alexander Galetovic, Adolfo Ibáñez University International Experience with Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure
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| 10:00 am |
Deborah J. Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Jorge Alberto Jimenez Montesinos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A Fair Value Approach to Valuing Public Infrastructure Projects and the Risk Transfer in Public Private Partnerships
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| 11:15 am | Break | |||
| 11:45 am |
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER Macroeconomic Consequences of Infrastructure Investment
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| 1:00 pm | Adjourn with optional lunch- Charles B | |||