SI 2023 Urban Economics

Edward L. Glaeser, Organizer

July 27-28, 2023

Hotel Marlowe

Format: For 50-minute slots, 30 for presentation, 10 for discussants, and 10 for Q&A. For 20-minute slots, 15 for presentations and 5 for Q&A.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 27
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Real Estate
Livestream will start with the 10:20 paper
Short Presentations from Job Market Papers
8:20 am

The Emergence of Exclusionary Zoning Across American Cities (slides)
8:40 am

Racial Segmentation in the US Housing Market
9:00 am

Option Value and Storefront Vacancy in New York City
9:20 am
Break
9:30 am

The Impact of Right to Counsel on Rental Markets
Discussant: Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:20 am

Local Effects of Bypassing Zoning Regulations in High-Income Areas
Discussant: Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am

Long Shadow of Housing Discrimination: Evidence from Racial Covenants
Discussant: Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Political Preferences and the Spatial Distribution of Infrastructure: Evidence from California's High-Speed Rail (slides)
Discussant: Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, Center for Research in International Economics
1:50 pm

Procurement and Infrastructure Costs
Discussant: Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University and NBER
2:40 pm

Transportation Infrastructure and City-Center Accessibility in the US and Europe (slides)
Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:50 pm

Concrete Thinking About Development
Discussant: Sagar Saxena, University of Pennsylvania
4:40 pm

The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land Savings
Discussant: Mariaflavia Harari, University of Pennsylvania
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 28
7:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Short Presentations from Job Market Papers
8:00 am

Local Human Capital and Firm Creation: Evidence from the Massification of Higher Education in France
8:20 am

What Causes Agglomeration of Services? Theory and Evidence from Seoul
8:40 am

Place Based Policies with Local Voting Lessons From the EU Cohesion Policy
9:00 am

Unequal Access: Racial Segregation and the Distributional Impacts of Interstate Highways in Cities
9:20 am

The Distribution of Value of Time: An Analysis from Traffic Congestion and Express Lanes
9:40 am

The Effects of Floodplain Regulation on Housing Markets
10:00 am
Break
10:10 am

Sea Level Rise and Urban Adaptation in Jakarta
Discussant: Sarah C. Armitage, Boston University
11:00 am

Remote Work and City Structure
Discussant: Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
11:50 am

Firm Responses to State Hiring Subsidies: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from a Tax Credit Formula (slides)
Discussant: Emma Harrington, University of Virginia
12:40 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Songlines
Discussant: Andrew Foster, Brown University and NBER
2:20 pm

The Death and Life of Great British Cities
Discussant: James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
3:10 pm
Break
3:20 pm

Preferences over the Racial Composition of Neighborhoods: Estimates and Implications
Discussant: Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER
4:10 pm

Black Ownership Matters: Does Revealing Race Increase Demand For Minority-Owned Businesses?
Discussant: Greg Howard, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5:00 pm
Adjourn