Design and Regulation of Transportation Markets Meeting

Giulia Brancaccio, Nicholas Buchholz, and Tobias Salz, Organizers

December 8, 2023

Format: 25 minutes for authors and 15 minuites for discussion / Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, December 8
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:31 am
Session I: Congestion Pricing
9:30 am
Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University
Brad Ross, Stanford University
Eray Turkel, Stanford University
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER

Can Usage-Based Pricing Reduce Traffic Congestion?
Reader: Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
10:10 am
Michael Ostrovsky, Stanford University and NBER
Michael Schwarz, Microsoft

Congestion Pricing, Carpooling, and Commuter Welfare
Reader: Nicola Rosaia, Columbia University
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am
Session II: Shipping Markets
11:10 am
Nicholas Vreugdenhil, Arizona State University
Nahim B. Zahur, Queen's University
Maria Osipenko, Arizona State University

Booms, Busts, and Endogeneous Rigidities: Evidence from Containerships
Reader: Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER
11:50 am
Lunch
1:29 pm
Session III: Spatial Competition
1:30 pm
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER

Spatial Competition, Strategic Entry Responses, and the North Dakota Railroad War of 1905
Reader: Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
2:10 pm
Marleen R. Marra, Sciences Po
Florian Oswald, Sciences Po

Spatial Rents, Garage Location, and Competition in the London Bus Market
Reader: Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Session IV: Electric Vehicle Markets
3:10 pm
Jing Li, Tufts University
Katalin Springel, HEC Montreal

Entry and Coordination in the U.S. Electric Vehicle Charging Industry
Reader: Ron Yang, University of British Columbia
3:50 pm
Pascal Heid, Toulouse School of Economics
Kevin Remmy, University of Mannheim
Mathias Reynaert, Toulouse School of Economics

When Will Electric Vehicles Connect to the Grid?
Reader: Steven L. Puller, Texas A&M University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Social Hour / Break
6:00 pm
Dinner - Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto