Economics of Infrastructure
Edward L. Glaeser and James M. Poterba, Organizers
March 1, 2019
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
| Friday, March 1 | ||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am |
Christoph Boehm, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Government Consumption and Investment: Does the Composition of Purchases Affect the Multiplier? |
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| 9:35 am |
Daniel Leff Yaffe, University of California at San Diego The Interstate Multiplier |
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| 10:10 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
Nicolas Campos, Universidad de Chile Eduardo Engel, University of Chile Ronald Fischer, Universidad de Chile Alexander Galetovic, Adolfo Ibáñez University Renegotiations and Corruption: The Odebrecht Case |
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| 11:05 am |
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER Valentin Bolotnyy, Stanford University Scaling Auctions as Insurance: A Case Study in Infrastructure Procurement |
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| 11:40 am |
Aleksandar Andonov, University of Amsterdam Roman Kräussl, Bayes Business School Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and NBER The Subsidy to Infrastructure as an Asset Class |
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| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Christopher Severen, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Commuting, Labor, and Housing Market Effects of Mass Transportation: Welfare and Identification |
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| 1:35 pm |
Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Private Impact of Public Information: Landsat Satellite Maps and Gold Exploration |
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| 2:10 pm |
Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER Trade, Structural Transformation and Development: Evidence from Argentina 1869-1914 |
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| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm | Discussion of Next Steps for Economics of Infrastructure Project | |
| 3:45 pm | Adjourn | |