Urban Economics Association

Program Overview

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (NJ)
01A. Externalities & Neighborhood Effects I

Chair: Dionissi Aliprantis (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

• Hans Koster
  The Welfare Effects of Greenbelt Policy: Evidence from England
  Presented by Hans Koster (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Dionissi Aliprantis (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
• Dionissi Aliprantis, Daniel Carroll, Eric Young
  What Explains Neighborhood Sorting by Income and Race?
  Presented by Dionissi Aliprantis (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
  Discussed by Paolo Avner (World Bank)
• Paolo Avner, Stephane Hallegatte
  Moral hazard vs. Land scarcity: Flood Management Policies for the Real World
  Presented by Paolo Avner (World Bank)
  Discussed by Morgan Ubeda (GATE -- University of Lyon)
• Morgan Ubeda
  Local Amenities and Income Disparities Within Cities
  Presented by Morgan Ubeda (GATE -- University of Lyon)
  Discussed by Hans Koster (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (PA East)
01B. Ports, Shipping, Cities

Chair: Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (McGill University)

• Bruce Blonigen, Woan Foong Wong
  The Long-Run Relationship between Trade and Growth of Cities
  Presented by Woan Foong Wong (University of Oregon)
  Discussed by Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (McGill University)
• Gisela Rua, Leah Brooks, Nicolas Gendron-Carrier
  The Local Impact of Containerization
  Presented by Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (McGill University)
  Discussed by Theodore Papageorgiou (Boston College)
• Giulia Brancaccio, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Theodore Papageorgiou, Nicola Rosaia
  Efficiency in Decentralized Transport Markets
  Presented by Theodore Papageorgiou (Boston College)
  Discussed by Reka Juhasz (Columbia University)
• Reka Juhasz
  All aboard: The aggregate effects of port development
  Presented by Reka Juhasz (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Woan Foong Wong (University of Oregon)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (PA West)
01C. Economic Development I

Chair: Carlianne Patrick (Georgia State University)

• Max Nathan, Henry Overman, Capucine Riom, Maria Sanchez Vidal
  Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC’s move to Manchester
  Presented by Capucine Riom (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Rui Du (Oklahoma State University)
• Rui Du, Siqi Zheng
  Can High-speed Rail Station Support a New Town? Empirical Evidence from China
  Presented by Siqi Zheng (MIT)
  Discussed by Patricia Yanez-Pagans (IDB Invest)
• Daniel Martinez, Oscar Mitnik, Edgar Salgado, Lynn Scholl, Patricia Yanez-Pagans
  Connecting to economic opportunity: The role of public transport in promoting women’s employment in Lima
  Presented by Patricia Yanez-Pagans (IDB Invest)
  Discussed by Carlianne Patrick (Georgia State University)
• Carlianne Patrick, Mark Partridge
  Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: New Evidence from Large Plant Openings
  Presented by Carlianne Patrick (Georgia State University)
  Discussed by Capucine Riom (London School of Economics)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (DE)
01D. Housing I

Chair: Tingyu Zhou (Florida State University)

• Erica Myers, Steven Puller, Jeremy West
  Product Quality Disclosure with Uninformed Sellers
  Presented by Steven Puller (Texas A&M University)
  Discussed by Jan Rouwendal (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Or Levkovich, Jan Rouwendal, Florian Sniekers
  Buying first or selling first? An empirical analysis of moving strategies on the housing market
  Presented by Jan Rouwendal (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Tingyu Zhou (Florida State University)
• John Clapp, Tingyu Zhou, Ran Lu-Andrews
  Is the Behavior of Sellers with Expected Gains and Losses Relevant to Cycles in House Prices?
  Presented by Tingyu Zhou (Florida State University)
  Discussed by Christian Hilber (London School of Economics)
• Felipe Carozzi, Christian Hilber, Xiaolun Yu
  The Economic Impacts of Help to Buy
  Presented by Christian Hilber (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Steven Puller (Texas A&M University)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Constitution)
01E. Regional Economics & Trade I

Chair: Florian Mayneris (ESG-Université du Québec à Montréal)

• Florian Mayneris
  The distribution of agglomeration economies - Local economic density and the firm-level labor share
  Presented by Florian Mayneris (ESG-Université du Québec à Montréal)
  Discussed by Jens Wrona (Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf)
• Tomoya Mori, Jens Wrona
  Inter-city Trade
  Presented by Jens Wrona (Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf)
  Discussed by Jonathan Dingel (University of Chicago)
• Jonathan Dingel, Felix Tintelnot
  How well does the gravity equation describe commuting flows?
  Presented by Jonathan Dingel (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Guozhong Zhu (University of Alberta)
• Guozhong Zhu
  City Characteristics, Land Prices and Volatility
  Presented by Guozhong Zhu (University of Alberta)
  Discussed by Florian Mayneris (ESG-Université du Québec à Montréal)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (BC)
01F. Labor Markets I

Chair: Myungkyu Shim (Yonsei University)

• Lidia Farre, Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Juan Torrecillas
  Commuting Time and Female Labor Force Participation
  Presented by Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
  Discussed by Christopher Esposito (UCLA)
• Christopher Esposito, Edward Leamer, Jerry Nickelsburg
  Who Pays Los Angeles' Minimum Wage? Evidence from the Los Angeles City and California State Minimum Wage Laws
  Presented by Christopher Esposito (UCLA)
  Discussed by Adele Grompone (Banca d'Italia)
• Emanuele Ciani, Adele Grompone, Elisabetta Olivieri
  Long-term Unemployment and Subsidies for Permanent Employment
  Presented by Adele Grompone (Banca d'Italia)
  Discussed by Myungkyu Shim (Yonsei University)
• Jongkwan Lee, Myungkyu Shim, Hee-Seung Yang
  Rise of Low-Skilled Service Employment: the Role of Dual-Income Households
  Presented by Myungkyu Shim (Yonsei University)
  Discussed by Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Stone)
01G. Transportation I

Chair: Andrew Waxman (University of Texas at Austin)

• Panle Barwick, Shanjun Li, Andrew Waxman, Jing Wu
  Transportation Policies and Equilibrium Sorting: Evidence from Beijing
  Presented by Andrew Waxman (University of Texas at Austin)
  Discussed by Jindong Pang (Wuhan University)
• Jindong Pang, Shulin Shen
  Does High-Speed Public Transit Improve Housing Affordability?
  Presented by Jindong Pang (Wuhan University)
  Discussed by Andrew Waxman (University of Texas at Austin)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Boehne)
01H. Residential Mortgage Access & Sustainability

Chair: Timothy Lambie-Hanson (Haverford College)

• Lariece Brown, Jaya Dey
  Role of Credit Attributes in Explaining Homeownership Gap in the Post-Crisis Period, 2012 - 2018
  Presented by Jaya Dey (Freddie Mac)
  Discussed by Timothy Lambie-Hanson (Haverford College)
• Julapa Jagtiani, Lauren Lambie-Hanson, Timothy Lambie-Hanson
  Fintech Lending and Mortgage Credit Access
  Presented by Timothy Lambie-Hanson (Haverford College)
  Discussed by Lindsay Relihan (London School of Economics)
• Jane Dokko, Benjamin Keys, Lindsay Relihan
  Affordability, Financial Innovation, and the Start of the Housing Boom
  Presented by Lindsay Relihan (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Rebecca Diamond (Stanford University)
• Rebecca Diamond, Adam Guren, Rose Tan
  The Effect of Foreclosures on Homeowners,Tenants, and Landlords
  Presented by Rebecca Diamond (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Jaya Dey (Freddie Mac)

October 11, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Square)
01I. Regional Economics & Trade II

Chair: Mathilde Lebrand (World Bank)

• Somik Lall, Mathilde Lebrand
  Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative
  Presented by Mathilde Lebrand (World Bank)
  Discussed by Jan David Bakker (University of Oxford)
• Jan David Bakker
  International Trade and Regional Inequality
  Presented by Jan David Bakker (University of Oxford)
  Discussed by Oren Ziv (Michigan State University)
• Sharat Ganapati, Woan Foong Wong, Oren Ziv
  Entrepôt
  Presented by Oren Ziv (Michigan State University)
  Discussed by Ahmad Lashkaripour (Indiana University)
• Ahmad Lashkaripour
  Scale Economies and the Structure of Trade and Industrial Policy
  Presented by Ahmad Lashkaripour (Indiana University)
  Discussed by Mathilde Lebrand (World Bank)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (NJ)
02A. Hedonics

Chair: Chris Redfearn (USC)

• Adam Nowak, Patrick Smith
  Some remarks on the constant quality assumption in repeat-sale house price indexes
  Presented by Adam Nowak (West Virginia University)
  Discussed by Chris Redfearn (USC)
• Chris Redfearn
  Do Housing Submarkets (Still) Matter? (Still) Yes: Policy Assessment in a Complex Urban Context
  Presented by Chris Redfearn (USC)
  Discussed by Paul Carrillo (George Washington University)
• Paul Carrillo, Anthony Yezer
  What Do Hedonic House Price Estimates Tell Us When CAP Rates and/or Expectations Vary?
  Presented by Paul Carrillo (George Washington University)
  Discussed by Sotirios Thanos (University of Manchester)
• Sotirios Thanos, Jean Dubé, Diego Legros
  A Comprehensive Spatiotemporal Framework for Hedonic Pricing: Integrating the Comparable Sales Approach and Reducing Omitted Variable Bias
  Presented by Sotirios Thanos (University of Manchester)
  Discussed by Adam Nowak (West Virginia University)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (PA East)
02B. Labor Markets II

Chair: Xiaozhou Ding (University of Kentucky)

• David Albouy, Jason Faberman
  Skills, Migration, and Urban Amenities over the Life Cycle
  Presented by Jason Faberman (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
  Discussed by Yang Tang (Nanyang Technological University)
• Yang Tang
  A Tale of Two Policies: Migration and Local Land Supply in China
  Presented by Yang Tang (Nanyang Technological University)
  Discussed by Xiaozhou Ding (University of Kentucky)
• Xiaozhou Ding
  Higher Education and Internal Migration in China
  Presented by Xiaozhou Ding (University of Kentucky)
  Discussed by Phuong-Anh Nguyen (Schulich School of Business at York University)
• Phuong-Anh Nguyen
  Skilled Immigrants, Corporate Acquisitions, and Shareholder Value
  Presented by Phuong-Anh Nguyen (Schulich School of Business at York University)
  Discussed by Jason Faberman (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (PA West)
02C. Student Prize I

Chair: Rebecca Diamond (Stanford University)

• Cailin Slattery
  Bidding for Firms: Subsidy Competition in the U.S.
  Presented by Cailin Slattery (University of Virginia)
  Discussed by Adrien Bilal (Princeton University)
• Adrien Bilal
  The Geography of Unemployment
  Presented by Adrien Bilal (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Fabian Eckert (Yale University)
• Fabian Eckert
  Growing Apart: Tradable Services and the Fragmentation of the U.S. Economy
  Presented by Fabian Eckert (Yale University)
  Discussed by Filippo Boeri (London School of Economics)
• Filippo Boeri
  Outward FDI and Local Labour Markets: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
  Presented by Filippo Boeri (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Cailin Slattery (University of Virginia)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (DE)
02D. Student Prize II

Chair: Harris Selod (The World Bank)

• Devaki Ghose
  Trade, Internal Migration and Human Capital: Who gains from India’s IT Boom
  Presented by Devaki Ghose (University of Virginia)
  Discussed by Aradhya Sood (University of Minnesota)
• Aradhya Sood
  Land Market Frictions and Manufacturing in India
  Presented by Aradhya Sood (University of Minnesota)
  Discussed by Sandro Provenzano (London School of Economics)
• Sandro Provenzano
  The Paradox of the Isolated Poor: Capital City Isolation in Sub-Saharan Africa
  Presented by Sandro Provenzano (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Niclas Moneke ()
• Niclas Moneke
  Infrastructure Complementarity and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Ethiopia
  Presented by Niclas Moneke ()
  Discussed by Devaki Ghose (University of Virginia)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Constitution)
02E. Transportation II

Chair: Jacques Thisse (Universite catholique de Louvain)

• Antonio Russo, Martin Adler, Federica Liberini, Jos van Ommeren
  Welfare losses of road congestion
  Presented by Jos van Ommeren (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Jose Asturias (Georgetown University Qatar)
• Jose Asturias
  Endogenous Transportation Costs
  Presented by Jose Asturias (Georgetown University Qatar)
  Discussed by Mark Colas (University of Oregon)
• Mark Colas, John Morehouse
  Household Carbon Emissions and Land Use Regulations in a Spatial Equilibrium
  Presented by Mark Colas (University of Oregon)
  Discussed by Jacques Thisse (Universite catholique de Louvain)
• Jacques Thisse
  Stability and sustainability of urban systems under commuting and transportation costs
  Presented by Jacques Thisse (Universite catholique de Louvain)
  Discussed by Jos van Ommeren (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (BC)
02F. Student Prize III

Chair: William Hanlon (NYU Stern School of Business)

• Yang Zhou
  The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective
  Presented by Yang Zhou (West Virginia University)
  Discussed by Yue Yu (Columbia University)
• Yue Yu
  Land Use Regulation and Economic Development: Evidence from the Farmland Red Line Policy in China
  Presented by Yue Yu (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Yan Hu (CEMFI)
• Yan Hu
  Rebellion, Trade and the Rise of Cities in 19th Century China
  Presented by Yan Hu (CEMFI)
  Discussed by William Speagle (University of Minnesota)
• Aradhya Sood, William Speagle, Kevin Ehrman-Solberg
  Long Shadow of Racial Discrimination History: Evidence from Housing Covenants of Minneapolis
  Presented by William Speagle (University of Minnesota)
  Discussed by Yang Zhou (West Virginia University)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Stone)
02G. Student Prize IV

Chair: Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)

• Marta Santamaria
  The Gains from Reshaping Infrastructure: Evidence from the Division of Germany
  Presented by Marta Santamaria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra / BGSE)
  Discussed by Sam Krumholz (UCSD)
• Sam Krumholz
  Enforcing Compliance: The Case of Automatic License Suspensions
  Presented by Sam Krumholz (UCSD)
  Discussed by HEEPYUNG CHO (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS )
• HEEPYUNG CHO
  Undocumented Immigrants with Their Own Vehicles: The Effects of Giving Driver's Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants
  Presented by HEEPYUNG CHO (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS )
  Discussed by Thomas Pearson (Boston University)
• Thomas Pearson
  Immigration Policy, Crime Reporting, and Victimization: Evidence from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
  Presented by Thomas Pearson (Boston University)
  Discussed by Marta Santamaria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra / BGSE)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Boehne)
02H. Agglomeration I

Chair: Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)

• Jason Sandvik, Richard Sauoma, Nathan Seegert, Christopher Stanton
  Workplace Knowledge Flows
  Presented by Nathan Seegert (University of Utah)
  Discussed by Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)
• William Hanlon, Stephan Heblich, Ferdinando Monte
  Knowledge Flows and Invention: Evidence from the Uniform Penny Post
  Presented by Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)
  Discussed by Peter Nencka (The Ohio State University)
• Enrico Berkes, Peter Nencka
  Novel Ideas: The Effects of Carnegie Libraries on Innovative Activities
  Presented by Peter Nencka (The Ohio State University)
  Discussed by Kentaro Nakajima (Hitotsubashi University)
• Kentaro Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Tsuru, Katsuhito Uehara
  Impact of workplace communication networks on productivity: A new approach using wearable sensors
  Presented by Kentaro Nakajima (Hitotsubashi University)
  Discussed by Nathan Seegert (University of Utah)

October 11, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Square)
02I. Student Prize V

Chair: Shawn Rohlin (Kent State University)

• Andrew Simon, Matthew Wilson
  Optimal Minimum Wage Setting in a Federal System
  Presented by Andrew Simon (University of Michigan)
  Discussed by Clemence Tricaud (Ecole Polytechnique)
• Clemence Tricaud
  Better alone? Evidence on the costs of intermunicipal cooperation
  Presented by Clemence Tricaud (Ecole Polytechnique)
  Discussed by Pierre Magontier (University of Barcelona)
• Pierre Magontier
  Does media coverage affect governments' preparation for natural disasters?
  Presented by Pierre Magontier (University of Barcelona)
  Discussed by Caroline Hopkins (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Caroline Hopkins
  Why Do Local Jurisdictions Invest in Flood Protection?
  Presented by Caroline Hopkins (Carnegie Mellon University)
  Discussed by Andrew Simon (University of Michigan)

October 11, 2019 13:00 to 14:00 (Boehne)
Keynote Lecture I

• Enrico Moretti
  The Effect of High-Tech Clusters on the Productivity of Top Inventors
  Presented by Enrico Moretti (University of California )

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (NJ)
03A. Parents & Migration

Chair: Donghoon Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of New York )

• Patrick Coate, Pawel Krolikowski, Mike Zabek
  Parental Proximity and Earnings After Job Displacements
  Presented by Mike Zabek (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Donghoon Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of New York )
• Donghoon Lee, Meta Brown
  Tuition, Jobs, or Housing: What's Keeping Millennials at Home?
  Presented by Donghoon Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of New York )
  Discussed by Wei You (New York University)
• Sewin Chan, Katherine O'Regan, Wei You
  Parental Coresidence and Location Choice: The Role of Housing and Labor Market Conditions
  Presented by Wei You (New York University)
  Discussed by Wilbert van der Klaauw (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
• Wilbert van der Klaauw
  Understanding Migration Aversion using Elicited Counterfactual Choice Probabilities
  Presented by Wilbert van der Klaauw (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
  Discussed by Mike Zabek (Federal Reserve Board)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (PA East)
03B. Housing II

Chair: Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University)

• Evgeny (Gene) Burinskiy, Seva Rodnyansky, Marlon Boarnet, Raphael Bostic, Allen Prohofsky
  Insights into residential displacement: A micro-data analysis of household moves near Los Angeles Metro rail stations
  Presented by Evgeny (Gene) Burinskiy (University of Southern Californai)
  Discussed by Lucie Letrouit (Paris School of Economics)
• Sylvain Chareyron, Florence Goffette-Nagot, Lucie Letrouit
  Impacts of a French Urban Renewal Program on local housing markets
  Presented by Lucie Letrouit (Paris School of Economics)
  Discussed by Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University)
• Stephanie Moulton, Yung Chun, Stephanie Casey Pierce, Holly Holtzen, Roberto Quercia, Sarah Riley
  Does Mortgage Assistance for Unemployed Homeowners Reduce Foreclosures? Evidence from the Hardest Hit Fund Program
  Presented by Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University)
  Discussed by Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)
• Stephen L Ross
  Foreclosure Spillovers within broad Neighborhoods
  Presented by Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)
  Discussed by Evgeny (Gene) Burinskiy (University of Southern Californai)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (PA West)
03C. Environmental I

Chair: Rachel Meltzer (The New School )

• Rachel Meltzer, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Xiaodi Li
  Persistence in the Effects of Extreme Events on Local Real Estate Markets: The Case of Hurricane Sandy
  Presented by Rachel Meltzer (The New School )
  Discussed by Edward Coulson (UC Irvine, Merage School of Business)
• Edward CoulsonShawn McCoy, Ian McDonough
  Economic Diversification and The Resiliency Hypothesis: Evidence from the Impact of Natural Disasters on Regional Housing Values
  Presented by Edward Coulson (UC Irvine, Merage School of Business)
  Discussed by Alejandro del Valle (Georgia State University)
• Alejandro del Valle, Therese Scharlemann, Stephen Shore
  Household Financial Behavior After Hurricane Harvey
  Presented by Alejandro del Valle (Georgia State University)
  Discussed by Emily Gallagher (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• Emily Gallagher, Stephen Billings, Lowell Ricketts
  Let the Rich Be Flooded:The Unequal Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Household Debt
  Presented by Emily Gallagher (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  Discussed by Rachel Meltzer (The New School )

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (DE)
03D. Economic Development II

Chair: Jorge De la Roca (University of Southern California.)

• Jorge De la Roca, Andrii Parkhomenko, Daniel Velásquez
  Agglomeration effects and informality: The case of Peru
  Presented by Jorge De la Roca (University of Southern California.)
  Discussed by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia University Graduate School of Business)
• Arpit Gupta, Constantine Kontokosta, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
  Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects
  Presented by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia University Graduate School of Business)
  Discussed by Shota Fujishima (Hitotsubashi University)
• Shota Fujishima, Tadao Hoshino, Shinya Sugawara
  Heterogeneous treatment effects of a place-based policy: the role of production networks
  Presented by Shota Fujishima (Hitotsubashi University)
  Discussed by Adrian Lerche (IAB Nuremberg)
• Adrian Lerche
  Investment Tax Credits and the Response of Firms
  Presented by Adrian Lerche (IAB Nuremberg)
  Discussed by Jorge De la Roca (University of Southern California.)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Constitution)
03E. Credit

Chair: Stephanie Johnson (Rice University)

• Brent Ambrose, Sergio Garate
  Consumer Evaluation Index and Mortgage Default Rate: An Empirical Investigation Using TripAdvisor.com
  Presented by Sergio Garate (University of Mississippi)
  Discussed by Stephanie Johnson (Rice University)
• Stephanie Johnson
  Mortgage Leverage and House Prices
  Presented by Stephanie Johnson (Rice University)
  Discussed by Victor Ortego-Marti (University of California Riverside)
• Miroslav Gabrovski, Victor Ortego-Marti
  Search and Credit Frictions in the Housing Market
  Presented by Victor Ortego-Marti (University of California Riverside)
  Discussed by Lei Ding (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Lei Ding
  Bank Branching Patterns and the Community Reinvestment Act
  Presented by Lei Ding (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Sergio Garate (University of Mississippi)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (BC)
03F. Tax

Chair: Shawn Rohlin (Kent State University)

• Sander Ramboer
  The Impact of Local Property Taxation on Firm Growth and Location: Evidence from Flanders
  Presented by Sander Ramboer (KU Leuven)
  Discussed by Paolo Campli (Università della Svizzera Italiana)
• Paolo Campli, Raphael Parchet
  Highways, Taxes, and Voting
  Presented by Paolo Campli (Università della Svizzera Italiana)
  Discussed by Carlos Hurtado (University of Richmond)
• Carlos Hurtado
  Behavioral Responses to Spatial Tax Notches in the Retail Gasoline Market
  Presented by Carlos Hurtado (University of Richmond)
  Discussed by Shawn Rohlin (Kent State University)
• Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley, Shawn Rohlin, Jeffrey Thompson
  Dynamic Tax Competition: Evidence from Panel Data at the Border
  Presented by Shawn Rohlin (Kent State University)
  Discussed by Sander Ramboer (KU Leuven)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Stone)
03G. Regional Economics & Trade III

Chair: Yi Niu (Capital University of Economics and Business)

• Pinghui Wu
  The Effects of Local Industrial Structure on Labor Market Adjustment to Trade Competition
  Presented by Pinghui Wu (University of Michigan)
  Discussed by Yi Niu (Capital University of Economics and Business)
• Yi Niu
  Estimating Agglomeration and Selection Effects of Different Spatial Scopes
  Presented by Yi Niu (Capital University of Economics and Business)
  Discussed by Michiel Gerritse (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
• Michiel Gerritse
  Spatial labor market distortions of public expenditure
  Presented by Michiel Gerritse (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  Discussed by Anthony Orlando (University of Southern California)
• Anthony Orlando
  Where's the Winning?
  Presented by Anthony Orlando (University of Southern California)
  Discussed by Pinghui Wu (University of Michigan)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Boehne)
03H. Journal Economic Perspectives Symposium on cities

Chair: Enrico Moretti (University of California )

• Gilles Duranton, Diego Puga
  The economics of density
  Presented by Gilles Duranton (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)
• William Kerr, Frederic Robert-Nicoud
  The Exceptional Power and Challenges of High-Tech Clusters
  Presented by Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)
  Discussed by William Strange (University of Toronto)
• Stuart Rosenthal, William Strange
  How Close Is Close? The Spatial and Organizational Dimensions of Agglomeration Economies
  Presented by Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
  Discussed by Matthew Turner (Brown University)
• Matthew Turner, Vernon Henderson
  What Do We Know and Not Know About Urbanization in Developing Countries
  Presented by Matthew Turner (Brown University)
  Discussed by Gilles Duranton (University of Pennsylvania)

October 11, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Square)
03I. Transportation III

Chair: Paige Weber (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Roberto Mosquera
  The Impacts of Vehicles on Traffic Congestion: Evidence from Negative Supply Shocks
  Presented by Roberto Mosquera (Universidad de las Americas)
  Discussed by Paige Weber (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Kenneth Gillingham, Paige Weber
  The Impact of Urban Form on Driving Demand
  Presented by Paige Weber (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  Discussed by Jonathan Hall (University of Toronto)
• Jonathan Hall, Joshua Madsen
  When safety messages make us less safe: Evidence from traffic fatality messages
  Presented by Jonathan Hall (University of Toronto)
  Discussed by Ben Zou (Michigan State University)
• Yizhen Gu, Junfu Zhang, Ben Zou
  Subways and Road Congestion
  Presented by Ben Zou (Michigan State University)
  Discussed by Roberto Mosquera (Universidad de las Americas)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (NJ)
04A. Choice Models

Chair: Hugh Macartney (Duke University)

• Thomas FujiwaraEduardo Morales, Charly Porcher
  A Revealed-Preference Approach to Measuring Information Frictions in Migration
  Presented by Eduardo Morales (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Maria Balgova (IZA, University of Oxford)
• Maria Balgova
  Why don't less educated workers move? The role of job search in migration decisions
  Presented by Maria Balgova (IZA, University of Oxford)
  Discussed by Hugh Macartney (Duke University)
• Gregorio Caetano, Hugh Macartney
  What Determines School Segregation? The Crucial Role of Neighborhood Factors
  Presented by Hugh Macartney (Duke University)
  Discussed by Fernando Ferreira (University of Pennsylvania)
• Fernando Ferreira, Maisy Wong
  Neighborhood Choice, Information, and the Value of Peers
  Presented by Fernando Ferreira (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Eduardo Morales (Princeton University)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (PA East)
04B. Housing III

Chair: Michael D Eriksen (University of Cincinnati)

• Simon Büchler, Maximilian von Ehrlich, Olivier Schoeni
  The Amplifying Effect of Capitalization Rates on Housing Supply
  Presented by Olivier Schoeni (Laval University)
  Discussed by Michael D Eriksen (University of Cincinnati)
• Michael D Eriksen, Anthony Orlando
  The Cost of Building Multifamily Housing: Estimating the Marginal Impact of Construction Costs
  Presented by Michael D Eriksen (University of Cincinnati)
  Discussed by Desen Lin (University of Pennsylvania)
• Desen Lin, Susan Wachter
  The Effect of Land Use Regulation on Housing Prices: Theory and Evidence from California
  Presented by Desen Lin (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Daniel Broxterman (Florida State University)
• Daniel Broxterman
  Land Use Controls Do Not Reduce the Elasticity of Housing Supply in the Standard Urban Model
  Presented by Daniel Broxterman (Florida State University)
  Discussed by Olivier Schoeni (Laval University)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (PA West)
04C. Neighborhood Spillovers I

Chair: Francesc Ortega (Queens College CUNY)

• Danna Thomas, Lin Tian
  Hits from the Bong: Impact of Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries on Property Values
  Presented by Danna Thomas (University of South Carolina)
  Discussed by Francesc Ortega (Queens College CUNY)
• Agustin Indaco, Francesc Ortega, Suleyman Taspinar
  Rising Seas and Economic Activity: Evidence from Establishment-level Data
  Presented by Francesc Ortega (Queens College CUNY)
  Discussed by Dhari Alrasheed (Kuwait University)
• Dhari Alrasheed
  Peer effects and spatial correlation in solar panel adoption
  Presented by Dhari Alrasheed (Kuwait University)
  Discussed by Rafael Ribas (University of Amsterdam)
• Michelle Bruijn, Rafael Ribas
  But not in my back yard: the ambiguous capitalization effect of cannabis retail
  Presented by Rafael Ribas (University of Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Danna Thomas (University of South Carolina)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (DE)
04D. Student Prize VI

Chair: Christian Hilber (London School of Economics)

• Yuxi Yao
  Accounting for the Rise in Dispersion of House Price-Rent Ratios across U.S. Cities
  Presented by Yuxi Yao (University of Western Ontario)
  Discussed by Divya Singh (Columbia University)
• Divya Singh
  Do Property Tax Incentives for New Construction Spur Gentrification? Evidence from New York City
  Presented by Divya Singh (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Kenneth Whaley (Clemson University)
• Kenneth Whaley
  Racial Differences in Mortgage Borrowing Near Subsidized Rental Development : Evidence from Low Income Housing Tax Credit Construction
  Presented by Kenneth Whaley (Clemson University)
  Discussed by Yuxi Yao (University of Western Ontario)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Constitution)
04E. Agglomeration II

Chair: Santiago Truffa (Tulane University)

• william grieser, Gonzalo Maturana, Santiago Truffa
  Agglomeration, Coordination, and Corporate Investment
  Presented by Santiago Truffa (Tulane University)
  Discussed by Coen Teulings (Utrecht University/University of Cambrigde)
• Yujiang Chen, Coen Teulings
  Agglomeration and Sorting
  Presented by Coen Teulings (Utrecht University/University of Cambrigde)
  Discussed by Wolfgang Dauth (University of Wuerzburg and IAB)
• Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Enrico Moretti, Jens Suedekum
  Matching in Cities
  Presented by Wolfgang Dauth (University of Wuerzburg and IAB)
  Discussed by Raoul Van Maarseveen (Uppsala University)
• Raoul Van Maarseveen
  Agglomeration economies in human capital production: do cities indeed make us smarter?
  Presented by Raoul Van Maarseveen (Uppsala University)
  Discussed by Santiago Truffa (Tulane University)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (BC)
04F. Student Prize VII

Chair: Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)

• Antoine Levy, Jacob Moscona
  Specializing in density: Spatial Sorting and the Pattern of Trade
  Presented by Antoine Levy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  Discussed by Javier Quintana Gonzalez (Bocconi University, Milan)
• Javier Quintana Gonzalez
  Import Competition, Regional Divergence, and the Rise of the Skilled City
  Presented by Javier Quintana Gonzalez (Bocconi University, Milan)
  Discussed by Masahiro Yoshida (Washington University in St. Louis)
• Masahiro Yoshida
  Immigration, Automation and the U.S. Cities: A Unified Framework for Welfare Analysis
  Presented by Masahiro Yoshida (Washington University in St. Louis)
  Discussed by Wenjian Xu (University of Michigan)
• Wenjian Xu
  Employment Decline during the Great Recession: The Role of Firm Size Distribution
  Presented by Wenjian Xu (University of Michigan)
  Discussed by Antoine Levy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Stone)
04G. Student Prize VIII

Chair: Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE)

• Milena Almagro, Tomas Dominguez-Iino
  Location Sorting and Endogenous Amenities: Evidence from Amsterdam
  Presented by Milena Almagro (New York University)
  Discussed by Eunjee Kwon (University of Southern California, USC)
• Eunjee Kwon
  Transportation as an Unbundling Technology: High-speed Rail and the Migration Decision of Heterogeneous Households
  Presented by Eunjee Kwon (University of Southern California, USC)
  Discussed by Caitlin Gorback (The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania)
• Caitlin Gorback
  Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity
  Presented by Caitlin Gorback (The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Milena Almagro (New York University)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Boehne)
04H. Policy Analysis in Urban Education Markets

Chair: John Singleton (University of Rochester)

• Michael Gilraine, Uros Petronijevic, John Singleton
  Horizontal Differentiation and the Policy Effect of Charter Schools
  Presented by John Singleton (University of Rochester)
  Discussed by Michael Dinerstein (University of Chicago)
• Michael Dinerstein
  Allocation and Choice in Urban Education
  Presented by Michael Dinerstein (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Claudia Allende (Columbia University and Princeton University)
• Claudia Allende, Francisco Gallego, Christopher Neilson
  APPROXIMATING THE EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS OF INFORMED SCHOOL CHOICE
  Presented by Claudia Allende (Columbia University and Princeton University)
  Discussed by Adam Kapor (Princeton University)
• Peter Bergman, Eric Chan, Adam Kapor
  Housing Search Frictions: Evidence from Detailed Search Data and a Field Experiment
  Presented by Adam Kapor (Princeton University)
  Discussed by John Singleton (University of Rochester)

October 11, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Square)
04I. Student Prize IX

Chair: Anna Piil Damm (Aarhus University)

• Joanna Venator
  Concentrating on His Career or Hers?: Descriptive Evidence on Occupational Co-Agglomeration and Spousal Match
  Presented by Joanna Venator (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  Discussed by Nishaad Rao (University of Michigan)
• Nishaad Rao
  Homeownership, Wealth, and Migration Between Local Labor Markets
  Presented by Nishaad Rao (University of Michigan)
  Discussed by Hongcen Wei (University of Chicago)
• Hongcen Wei
  The Effects of Financial Deregulation on Wage Inequality
  Presented by Hongcen Wei (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Joanna Venator (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (NJ)
05A. Housing IV

Chair: Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution)

• Evan Mast
  The Effect of New Luxury Housing on Regional Housing Affordability
  Presented by Evan Mast (Upjohn Institute)
  Discussed by Davin Reed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Brian Asquith, Evan Mast, Davin Reed
  Does Luxury Housing Construction Increase Nearby Rents in Gentrifying Areas?
  Presented by Davin Reed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Xiaodi Li (New York University)
• Xiaodi Li
  Do more market-rate housing units in your backyard raise your rents?
  Presented by Xiaodi Li (New York University)
  Discussed by Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution)
• Cecile Murray, Jenny Schuetz
  Is California's apartment market broken?
  Presented by Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution)
  Discussed by Evan Mast (Upjohn Institute)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (PA East)
05B. Labor Markets III

Chair: Elena Falcettoni (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

• Elena Falcettoni
  The Determinants of Physicians’ Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
  Presented by Elena Falcettoni (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
  Discussed by Clara Santamaria (CEMFI and Universidad Carlos III de Madr)
• Clara Santamaria
  Small Teams in Big Cities: Inequality, City Size, and the Organization of Production
  Presented by Clara Santamaria (CEMFI and Universidad Carlos III de Madr)
  Discussed by Jean Flemming (Federal Reserve Board)
• Jean Flemming
  Costly Commuting and the Job Ladder
  Presented by Jean Flemming (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Eric Mengus (HEC Paris)
• Johan Hombert, Eric Mengus, Tomasz Michalski
  Internal Organization of Firms in Space
  Presented by Eric Mengus (HEC Paris)
  Discussed by Elena Falcettoni (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (PA West)
05C. Environmental II

Chair: Nicholas Irwin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

• Waldo Ojeda
  Inattention to Earthquake Risk in Home Values
  Presented by Waldo Ojeda (Baruch College, City University of New York)
  Discussed by Alecia Cassidy (University of Alabama)
• Alecia Cassidy
  How Does Mandatory Energy Efficiency Disclosure Affect Housing Prices?
  Presented by Alecia Cassidy (University of Alabama)
  Discussed by Erica Myers (University of Illinois)
• Erica Myers
  Asymmetric Information in Residential Rental Markets: Implications for the Energy Efficiency Gap
  Presented by Erica Myers (University of Illinois)
  Discussed by Nicholas Irwin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
• Katie Jo Black, Nicholas Irwin, Shawn McCoy
  Wildfire Risk, Salience and Housing Development in the Wildland-Urban Interface
  Presented by Nicholas Irwin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
  Discussed by Waldo Ojeda (Baruch College, City University of New York)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (DE)
05D. History I

Chair: Brian Beach (Vanderbilt University)

• Brian Beach, John Parman, Martin Saavedra
  Segregation and the Initial Provision of Water in the United States
  Presented by Brian Beach (Vanderbilt University)
  Discussed by Remi Jedwab (George Washington University)
• Remi Jedwab
  Pandemics, Places, and Cities: Evidence from the Black Death
  Presented by Remi Jedwab (George Washington University)
  Discussed by Yu-Hsiang Lei (Yale-NUS College)
• Pei Gao, Yu-Hsiang Lei
  How Does Information Affect Markets? Evidence from the Telegraph Network in China
  Presented by Yu-Hsiang Lei (Yale-NUS College)
  Discussed by Alexandra Cermeño (Lund University)
• Alexandra Cermeño, Kerstin Enflo
  Can Kings Create Towns thar Thrive? The long run implications of new-town foundations
  Presented by Alexandra Cermeño (Lund University)
  Discussed by Brian Beach (Vanderbilt University)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Constitution)
05E. Liquidity/Investors

Chair: Alina Arefeva (University of Wisconsin Madison)

• Walter DLima, Paul Schultz
  How Wall Street Investors Rescued the Market for Single Family Homes
  Presented by Walter DLima (Strome College of Business)
  Discussed by Alina Arefeva (University of Wisconsin Madison)
• Alina Arefeva
  How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
  Presented by Alina Arefeva (University of Wisconsin Madison)
  Discussed by Anthony Lee Zhang (University of Chicago)
• Nadia Kotova, Anthony Lee Zhang
  Search Frictions and Idiosyncratic Price Dispersion
  Presented by Anthony Lee Zhang (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Amine Ouazad (HEC Montreal)
• Amine Ouazad, Romain Ranciere
  Market Frictions, Arbitrage, and the Capitalization of Amenities
  Presented by Amine Ouazad (HEC Montreal)
  Discussed by Walter DLima (Strome College of Business)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (BC)
05F. Gender

Chair: Sabine D'Costa (University of Westminster)

• Sabine D'Costa, Almudena Sevilla
  Why is the urban wage premium larger for women?
  Presented by Sabine D'Costa (University of Westminster)
  Discussed by Amanda Weinstein (University of Akron)
• Curtis Reynolds, Amanda Weinstein
  What Women Want: Gender Differences in the Quality of Life and Preferences for Location-specific Amenities across Cities
  Presented by Amanda Weinstein (University of Akron)
  Discussed by Arpita Patnaik (University of Wisconsin- madison)
• Arpita Patnaik
  Valuation of Work-from-home Jobs: Selection, Preferences and Gender
  Presented by Arpita Patnaik (University of Wisconsin- madison)
  Discussed by Sabine D'Costa (University of Westminster)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Stone)
05G. Regional Economics & Trade IV

Chair: Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University)

• Riccardo Crescenzi, Nicola Limodio
  The Effect of Chinese FDI in Africa: Evidence From Ethiopian Firms and Districts
  Presented by Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University)
  Discussed by Daniel Murphy (University of Virginia)
• Alan Auerbach, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Daniel Murphy
  Macroeconomic Frameworks
  Presented by Daniel Murphy (University of Virginia)
  Discussed by Yuan Tian (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Yuan Tian, Junjie Xia, Rudai Yang
  Manufacturing Growth and Agricultural Productivity
  Presented by Yuan Tian (Carnegie Mellon University)
  Discussed by Matthew Delventhal (Claremont McKenna College)
• Matthew Delventhal
  The Globe as a Network: Geography and the Origins of the World Income Distribution
  Presented by Matthew Delventhal (Claremont McKenna College)
  Discussed by Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Boehne)
05H. Transportation in Developing Cities

Chair: Christopher Severen (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

• Danae Hernandez, Paulina Oliva, Christopher Severen
  Transit Adoption and Rising Incomes in Mexico City
  Presented by Christopher Severen (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Rhiannon Jerch (Cornell University)
• Rhiannon Jerch, Panle Barwick, Shanjun Li, Jing Wu
  Road Rationing Policies and Housing Markets
  Presented by Rhiannon Jerch (Cornell University)
  Discussed by Gabriel Kreindler (Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chocago)
• Gabriel Kreindler
  The Welfare Effect of Road Congestion Pricing: Experimental Evidence and Equilibrium Implications
  Presented by Gabriel Kreindler (Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chocago)
  Discussed by Peter Christensen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
• Peter Christensen
  Does Mobility-on-Demand Reduce Frictions in Megacities? Experimental Evidence from Cairo
  Presented by Peter Christensen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
  Discussed by Christopher Severen (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

October 12, 2019 8:00 to 9:45 (Square)
05I. Economic Development III

Chair: Jia Wang (University of Dayton)

• Jorge Pérez, Michael Suher
  The Efficacy of Hiring Credits in Distressed Areas
  Presented by Jorge Eduardo Perez Perez (Banco de México)
  Discussed by Cullen Wallace (Florida State University)
• Cullen Wallace
  Information Frictions and Postsecondary Educational Attainment: Evidence from Appalachian Ohio
  Presented by Cullen Wallace (Florida State University)
  Discussed by Jia Wang (University of Dayton)
• Jia Wang, Weici Yuan
  Convergence in economic development incentives spending in the US: Do birds of a feather flock together?
  Presented by Jia Wang (University of Dayton)
  Discussed by Jorge Eduardo Perez Perez (Banco de México)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (NJ)
06A. History II

Chair: Daniel Hartley (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

• Marie-Pierre de Bellefon, Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon, Clément Gorin
  A random forest approach to mine historical maps: Land use in France from the mid-18th century
  Presented by Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon and Sciences Po)
  Discussed by Daniel Hartley (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
• Daniel Aaronson, Anna Aizer, Shari Eli, Daniel Hartley, Adriana Lleras-Muney, Bhashkar Mazumder, Martha Stinson
  The Long-run Effects of the 1930s HOLC “Redlining” Maps on Children
  Presented by Daniel Hartley (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
  Discussed by Taylor Jaworski (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• Dominick Bartelme, Taylor Jaworski, Pinghui Wu
  US Labor Market Integration
  Presented by Taylor Jaworski (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  Discussed by Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (PA East)
06B. Labor Markets IV

Chair: Valerie Bostwick (The Ohio State University)

• Patrick Coate, Kyle Mangum
  Fast Locations and Slowing Labor Mobility
  Presented by Kyle Mangum (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Daniel Tannenbaum (University of Nebraska)
• Enghin Atalay, Sebastian Sotelo, Daniel Tannenbaum
  Specialization, the extent of the market, and the geography of job tasks
  Presented by Daniel Tannenbaum (University of Nebraska)
  Discussed by Gregor Schubert (Harvard University)
• Gregor Schubert, Anna Stansbury, Bledi Taska
  Getting labor markets right: outside options and occupational mobility
  Presented by Gregor Schubert (Harvard University)
  Discussed by Valerie Bostwick (The Ohio State University)
• Valerie Bostwick, Christopher Severen
  Mobility Restrictions, Human Capital Attainment, and Teen Employment
  Presented by Valerie Bostwick (The Ohio State University)
  Discussed by Kyle Mangum (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (PA West)
06C. Land Use I

Chair: Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology)

• Ioulia Ossokina
  Do parking tariffs support efficient land use in cities?
  Presented by Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology)
  Discussed by Jason Barr (Rutgers University, Newark)
• Jason Barr, Jan K. Brueckner, Remi Jedwab
  Cities Without Skylines: Gauging the Impact of Land-Use Regulation Around the World
  Presented by Jason Barr (Rutgers University, Newark)
  Discussed by Asad Khan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Asad Khan
  Decentralized Zoning, Agglomeration, and City Structure: Evidence from Chicago's Tradition of Aldermanic Privilege
  Presented by Asad Khan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  Discussed by Ryan Gallagher (Northeastern Illinois University)
• Ryan Gallagher
  The Long-Run Demographic Impact of Post-War Land-Use Zoning: How Early Restrictive Land-Use Controls Shaped the Suburbs
  Presented by Ryan Gallagher (Northeastern Illinois University)
  Discussed by Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (DE)
06D. Social Interactions

Chair: Barry Scholnick (Univ. of Alberta)

• Sumit Agarwal, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Barry Scholnick
  The Impact of Neighbors on Consumption Choices: Evidence from Warranty Claims
  Presented by Barry Scholnick (Univ. of Alberta)
  Discussed by Bence Boje-Kovacs (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)
• Bence Boje-Kovacs, Georges Poquillon
  Do your neighbours matter? Evidence from Building Demolitions in Denmark
  Presented by Bence Boje-Kovacs (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)
  Discussed by Pierre Picard (Universite de Luxembourg)
• Eleonora Patacchini, Pierre Picard, Yves Zenou
  Urban Interactions
  Presented by Pierre Picard (Universite de Luxembourg)
  Discussed by Shreya Bhattacharya (University of Houston)
• Shreya Bhattacharya
  Intergroup Contact and its Effects on Discrimination
  Presented by Shreya Bhattacharya (University of Houston)
  Discussed by Barry Scholnick (Univ. of Alberta)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Constitution)
06E. Urban Theory I

Chair: Jordan Norris (Aarhus University & NYU Abu Dhabi)

• Stephen Redding
  Trade, Structural Transformation and Development: Evidence from Argentina 1869-1914
  Presented by Stephen Redding (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Kangoh Lee (San Diego State University)
• Kangoh Lee
  Income Inequality in a Federal System
  Presented by Kangoh Lee (San Diego State University)
  Discussed by Marco Gonzalez-Navarro (University of California-Berkeley)
• David Atkin, Benjamin Faber, Thibault Fally, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
  A New Engel on Price Index and Welfare Estimation
  Presented by Marco Gonzalez-Navarro (University of California-Berkeley)
  Discussed by Jordan Norris (Aarhus University & NYU Abu Dhabi)
• Jordan Norris
  Fiscal Multipliers in Integrated Local Labor Markets
  Presented by Jordan Norris (Aarhus University & NYU Abu Dhabi)
  Discussed by Stephen Redding (Princeton University)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (BC)
06F. Environmental III

Chair: Rainald Borck (University of Potsdam)

• Rainald Borck, Philipp Schrauth
  Population density and urban air quality
  Presented by Rainald Borck (University of Potsdam)
  Discussed by Shuhei Nishitateno ()
• Shuhei Nishitateno
  Diesel vehicle replacement in Japan: Effects on air quality and welfare
  Presented by Shuhei Nishitateno ()
  Discussed by Daniel Brent (Pennsylvania State University)
• Louis-Philippe Beland, Daniel Brent
  Traffic congestion, transportation policies, and the performance of first responders
  Presented by Daniel Brent (Pennsylvania State University)
  Discussed by Rainald Borck (University of Potsdam)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Stone)
06G. Crime I

Chair: Emiliano Tealde (Catholic University of Uruguay)

• Kilian Heilmann, Matthew Kahn
  Neighborhood Quality of Life Dynamics During Extreme Heat: Implications for the Distributional Effects of Climate Change
  Presented by Kilian Heilmann (University of Southern California)
  Discussed by Federico Curci (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financ)
• Federico Curci, Federico Masera
  Flight from Urban Blight: Lead Poisoning, Crime and Suburbanization
  Presented by Federico Curci (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financ)
  Discussed by Emiliano Tealde (Catholic University of Uruguay)
• Emiliano Tealde
  The Unequal Impact of Natural Light on Crime
  Presented by Emiliano Tealde (Catholic University of Uruguay)
  Discussed by Magdalena Domínguez Pérez (University of Barcelona & IEB)
• Magdalena Domínguez Pérez, Daniel Montolio
  Bolstering community ties and its effect on local crime: Evidence from a quasi-random experiment
  Presented by Magdalena Domínguez Pérez (University of Barcelona & IEB)
  Discussed by Kilian Heilmann (University of Southern California)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Boehne)
06H. Housing V

Chair: Simon Büchler (University of Bern)

• Simon Büchler, Yashar Blouri, Olivier Schoeni
  The geography of housing subsidies
  Presented by Simon Büchler (University of Bern)
  Discussed by Vincent Reina (University of Pennsylvania)
• Vincent Reina, Arthur Acolin
  Housing cost burden, housing condition and subjective wellbeing
  Presented by Vincent Reina (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Robert Collinson (University of Notre Dame)
• Robert Collinson
  Public Provision vs. In-Kind Vouchers: Evidence from a Housing Assistance Lottery
  Presented by Robert Collinson (University of Notre Dame)
  Discussed by Daniel Waldinger (New York University)
• Daniel Waldinger
  Targeting In-Kind Transfers Through Market Design: A Revealed Preference Analysis of Public Housing Allocation
  Presented by Daniel Waldinger (New York University)
  Discussed by Simon Büchler (University of Bern)

October 12, 2019 10:15 to 12:00 (Square)
06I. Transportation IV

Chair: Erik Johnson (University of Alabama)

• Rosa Sanchis-Guarner
  Driving up Wages: The Effects of Road Construction in Great Britain
  Presented by Rosa Sanchis-Guarner (Imperial College Business School and CEP/LSE)
  Discussed by Cody Nehiba (Louisiana State University)
• Cody Nehiba
  Correcting heterogeneous externalities: Evidence from local fuel price controls
  Presented by Cody Nehiba (Louisiana State University)
  Discussed by Francis Ostermeijer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Francis Ostermeijer, Hans Koster, Jos van Ommeren, Victor Nielsen
  Cars and city density
  Presented by Francis Ostermeijer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Erik Johnson (University of Alabama)
• Mishal Ahmed, Erik Johnson, Byung-Cheol Kim
  The Impact of Uber and Lyft on Taxi Service Quality: Evidence from New York City
  Presented by Erik Johnson (University of Alabama)
  Discussed by Rosa Sanchis-Guarner (Imperial College Business School and CEP/LSE)

October 12, 2019 13:00 to 14:00 (Boehne)
Keynote Lecture II

• David Donaldson
  The benefits of new data for measuring the benefits of new transportation infrastructure
  Presented by David Donaldson (MIT)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (NJ)
07A. Knowledge and Skills

Chair: Alexander Whalley (University of Calgary)

• Michael Andrews
  Bar Talk: Informal Social Interactions, Alcohol Prohibition, and Invention
  Presented by Michael Andrews (National Bureau of Economic Research)
  Discussed by Daniel Gross (Harvard Business School)
• Daniel Gross, Bhaven Sampat
  The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on the Direction and Geography of U.S. Innovation
  Presented by Daniel Gross (Harvard Business School)
  Discussed by Alexander Whalley (University of Calgary)
• Shawn Kantor, Alexander Whalley
  The Diusion of Knowledge in Cities During the Space Race Era
  Presented by Alexander Whalley (University of Calgary)
  Discussed by Michael Andrews (National Bureau of Economic Research)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (PA East)
07B. Labor Markets V

Chair: Yong Suk Lee (Stanford University)

• Chiara Fratto
  The reallocative effects of mobility restrictions on workers and firms: A West Bank application
  Presented by Chiara Fratto (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Pavel Krivenko (Baruch College, Zicklin School of Busine)
• Pavel Krivenko
  Unemployment and the US Housing Market during the Great Recession
  Presented by Pavel Krivenko (Baruch College, Zicklin School of Busine)
  Discussed by Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Francois Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos, Edson Severnini, David Card
  Assortative Matching or Exclusionary Hiring? The Impact of Firm Policies on Racial Wage Differences in Brazil
  Presented by Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University)
  Discussed by Yong Suk Lee (Stanford University)
• Yong Suk Lee, John Chung
  Robots and Jobs:More Evidence from US Local Labor Markets
  Presented by Yong Suk Lee (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Chiara Fratto (University of Chicago)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (PA West)
07C. Housing VI

Chair: Jeehee Han (Syracuse University)

• Scarlet Chen
  A House for a Bride: Marriage and Homeownership in China
  Presented by Scarlet Chen (Stanford University)
  Discussed by NITZAN TZUR ILAN ()
• Steven Laufer, NITZAN TZUR ILAN
  The Effect of LTV-Based Risk Weights on House Prices: Evidence from an Israeli Macroprudential Policy
  Presented by NITZAN TZUR ILAN ()
  Discussed by Gregory Verdugo ()
• Benoit Schmutz, Gregory Verdugo
  The Political Economy of Public Housing
  Presented by Gregory Verdugo ()
  Discussed by Jeehee Han (Syracuse University)
• Jeehee Han, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Brian Elbel
  Does Proximity to Fast Food Cause Obesity? Evidence from Public Housing in New York City
  Presented by Jeehee Han (Syracuse University)
  Discussed by Scarlet Chen (Stanford University)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (DE)
07D. Global Capital Markets

Chair: Leslie Sheng Shen (Federal Reserve Board)

• Zhimin Li, Leslie Sheng Shen, Calvin Zhang
  Capital Flows, Asset Prices, and the Real Economy: A "China Shock" in the US Real Estate Market
  Presented by Leslie Sheng Shen (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Hanchen Jiang (Johns Hopkins University)
• Hanchen Jiang, Luis Quintero, Xi Yang
  Housing Policy, Centrality and Mobility: The case of Manhattan in New York City
  Presented by Hanchen Jiang (Johns Hopkins University)
  Discussed by Benjamin Keys (University of Pennsylvania)
• Caitlin Gorback, Benjamin Keys
  Global Capital and Local Assets: Evidence from U.S. Home Prices
  Presented by Benjamin Keys (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Leslie Sheng Shen (Federal Reserve Board)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Constitution)
07E. Local Public Finance I

Chair: Nicholas Muller (Carnegie Mellon and NBER)

• Akshaya Jha, Steve Karolyi, Nicholas Muller
  Polluting Public Funds: The Effect of Environmental Regulations on Municipal Bonds
  Presented by Akshaya Jha (Carnegie Mellon University)
  Discussed by Amedeo Piolatto (Autonomous U. Barcelona, BGSE, MOVE, IEB)
• Gianmarco Daniele, Amedeo Piolatto, Willem Sas
  Who Sent You? Extreme Voting, Transfers and Bailouts in a Federation
  Presented by Amedeo Piolatto (Autonomous U. Barcelona, BGSE, MOVE, IEB)
  Discussed by Steven Craig (University of Houston)
• Steven Craig, Edward Hoang, Janet Kohlhase
  Can Bureaucrats Manipulate Policy Outcomes?
  Presented by Steven Craig (University of Houston)
  Discussed by Bruno Carvalho (NovaSBE - UNL)
• Bruno Carvalho, Francesco Franco, Susana Peralta
  Finding a Local Fiscal Multiplier: Do local elections matter in Portugal?
  Presented by Bruno Carvalho (NovaSBE - UNL)
  Discussed by Akshaya Jha (Carnegie Mellon University)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (BC)
07F. Externalities & Neighborhood Effects II

Chair: Bence Boje-Kovacs (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)

• Anna Piil Damm, Elena Mattana, Helena Nielsen, Benedicte Rouland
  Effects of School Referral on Bilingual Children's Outcomes: Evaluation of the Short-term Effects.
  Presented by Anna Piil Damm (Aarhus University)
  Discussed by Simen Markussen (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
• Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
  The Golden Middle Class Neighborhood
  Presented by Simen Markussen (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
  Discussed by Bence Boje-Kovacs (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)
• Cecilie Weatherall, Bence Boje-Kovacs, Aske Egsgaard-Pedersen
  Residential mobility and persistent neighborhood deprivation
  Presented by Bence Boje-Kovacs (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)
  Discussed by Mauricio Arango (University of illinois Urbana-Champaign)
• Mauricio Arango
  Assessing Walkability Through Parking Prices
  Presented by Mauricio Arango (University of illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  Discussed by Anna Piil Damm (Aarhus University)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Stone)
07G. Crime II

Chair: Thao Le (Georgia State University)

• Filippo Boeri, Marco Di Cataldo, Elisabetta Pietrostefani
  Out of the darkness: Re-allocation of confiscated real estate mafia assets
  Presented by Marco Di Cataldo (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Thao Le (Georgia State University)
• Cheng Keat tang, Thao Le
  The Cost of Gun Crime: Evidence from Gun Offender Registry on Housing Values
  Presented by Thao Le (Georgia State University)
  Discussed by Roger Vicquéry (London School of Economics)
• Filippo Boeri, Roger Vicquéry
  Social Capital and the Monopoly of Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Rise of Sicilian Mafia
  Presented by Roger Vicquéry (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Marco Di Cataldo (London School of Economics)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Boehne)
07H. Labor Markets VI

Chair: Elisa Dienesch (Sciences Po Aix)

• Donald Davis, Laurent Gobillon, Eric Mengus, Tomasz Michalski
  Jobs in Cities
  Presented by Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)
  Discussed by Elisa Dienesch (Sciences Po Aix)
• Fabio Cerina, Elisa Dienesch, Alessio Moro, Michelle Rendall
  Spatial Polarization
  Presented by Elisa Dienesch (Sciences Po Aix)
  Discussed by Benoit Schmutz (Ecole Polytechnique and CREST)
• Benoit Schmutz, Modibo Sidibe
  search and zipf
  Presented by Benoit Schmutz (Ecole Polytechnique and CREST)
  Discussed by Michael Pflüger (University of Würzburg)
• Oliver Krebs, Michael Pflüger
  On the Road (Again): Commuting and Local Employment Elasticities in Germany
  Presented by Michael Pflüger (University of Würzburg)
  Discussed by Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)

October 12, 2019 14:30 to 16:15 (Square)
07I. Public Goods

Chair: Moogdho Mahzab (University of Virginia)

• Aurélie Sotura
  Local Public Good Spillovers: Theory and Evidence from French Cities
  Presented by Aurélie Sotura (Paris School of Economics)
  Discussed by Moogdho Mahzab (University of Virginia)
• Moogdho Mahzab
  Dishonest Politicians and Public Goods Provision
  Presented by Moogdho Mahzab (University of Virginia)
  Discussed by Jan K. Brueckner (University of California, Irvine)
• Jan K. Brueckner, Steven Craig, Kangoh Lee
  Samuelson Meets Federalism: Local Production of a National Public Good
  Presented by Jan K. Brueckner (University of California, Irvine)
  Discussed by Daniel Stöhlker (ifo Institute)
• Daniel Stöhlker
  Quality of Local Public Good Provision and Electoral Support
  Presented by Daniel Stöhlker (ifo Institute)
  Discussed by Aurélie Sotura (Paris School of Economics)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (NJ)
08A. Transportation V

Chair: Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)

• Matthew Freedman, David Phillips
  Catching a LIFT to Opportunity: The Effects of Low-Income Transit Fares
  Presented by David Phillips (University of Notre Dame)
  Discussed by Hugo E. Silva (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
• Juan Carlos Muñoz, Hugo E. Silva
  The impact of fare-free public transport on travel behavior: evidence from a randomized controlled trial
  Presented by Hugo E. Silva (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
  Discussed by John Pedersen (Binghamton University)
• John Pedersen
  Voting for Transit: The Labor Market Impact of Public Transportation Improvements
  Presented by John Pedersen (Binghamton University)
  Discussed by Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)
• Jeffrey Zabel
  School Choice and Transportation Decisions
  Presented by Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)
  Discussed by David Phillips (University of Notre Dame)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (PA East)
08B. Urbanization in Developing Countries

Chair: Luis Quintero (Johns Hopkins University)

• Basile Pfeiffer, Claus Rabe, Harris Selod, Vincent Viguie
  An Urban Simulation Model for Developing Country Cities. Application to Cape Town, South Africa
  Presented by Harris Selod (The World Bank)
  Discussed by Luis Quintero (Johns Hopkins University)
• Luis Quintero, Mark Roberts
  Explaining Spatial Variations in Productivity: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean.
  Presented by Luis Quintero (Johns Hopkins University)
  Discussed by Juan Chauvin (Inter-American Development Bank)
• Sam Asher, Juan Chauvin, Paul Novosad
  Rural Spillovers of Urban Growth
  Presented by Juan Chauvin (Inter-American Development Bank)
  Discussed by Marigee Bacolod (Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School)
• Marigee Bacolod, Jorge De la Roca, Maria Ferreyra
  In Search of Better Opportunities: Sorting and Agglomeration Effects Among Young College Graduates in Colombia
  Presented by Marigee Bacolod (Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School)
  Discussed by Harris Selod (The World Bank)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (PA West)
08C. Urban Spatial Structure I

Chair: Janet Kohlhase (University of Houston)

• Nicholas Buchholz, Jakub Kastl, Tobias Salz
  The Value of Urban Geography: Evidence from Ride-hail Auctions
  Presented by Nicholas Buchholz (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Jordan Rappaport (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
• Jordan Rappaport
  How Centralized is U.S. Metropolitan Employment
  Presented by Jordan Rappaport (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
  Discussed by Jialiang Zhang (Peking University)
• Yatang Lin, Yu Qin, Johan Sulaeman, Jubo Yan, Jialiang Zhang
  Facilitating Investment Flows: Evidence from China’s High-Speed Passenger Rail Network
  Presented by Jialiang Zhang (Peking University)
  Discussed by Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
• Kenzo Asahi, Andrea Herrera, Hugo E. Silva
  The Impact of Urban Highways on a City's Structural Density
  Presented by Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
  Discussed by Nicholas Buchholz (Princeton University)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (DE)
08D. Agglomeration III

Chair: Ismir Mulalic (DTU and Kraks Fond)

• Ismir Mulalic, Bruno De Borger, Jan Rouwendal
  Productivity effects of an exogenous improvement in transport infrastructure: the bridge
  Presented by Ismir Mulalic (DTU and Kraks Fond)
  Discussed by Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE)
• Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Peter Haller, Stephan Heblich
  The Effective Density Elasticity of Productivityfor Movers and Stayers
  Presented by Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE)
  Discussed by Jordan Adamson (Chapman University)
• Jordan Adamson
  Agglomeration and the Extent of the Market
  Presented by Jordan Adamson (Chapman University)
  Discussed by Tatsuhito Kono (Tohoku University)
• Tatsuhito Kono, Kentaro Nakajima, Kosuke Shoda
  External Benefits of Geographical Concentration of Firms with Trade Networks
  Presented by Tatsuhito Kono (Tohoku University)
  Discussed by Ismir Mulalic (DTU and Kraks Fond)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Constitution)
08E. Local Externalities I

Chair: Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville)

• Weihua Zhao
  The Long Run Effects of Uber on Public Transit, Sprawl, Energy Consumption, and Carbon Emissions
  Presented by Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville)
  Discussed by Cong Peng (London School of Economics)
• Cong Peng
  Can E-Commerce Reduce Traffic Congestion? Evidence from Alibaba Single Day Shopping Event
  Presented by Cong Peng (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Andy Zanazanian (UC Irvine)
• Andy Zanazanian
  Effects of Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries on Nearby Retail Rents
  Presented by Andy Zanazanian (UC Irvine)
  Discussed by Dara Luca (Mathematica Policy Research)
• Dara Luca, Michael Luca
  Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit
  Presented by Dara Luca (Mathematica Policy Research)
  Discussed by Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Boehne)
08H. Big Data I

Chair: Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IEB)

• Gabriel Kreindler, Yuhei Miyauchi
  Measuring Commuting and Economic Activity inside Cities with Cell Phone Records
  Presented by Yuhei Miyauchi (Boston University)
  Discussed by Jean Benoit Eymeoud (LIEPP SciencesPo)
• Jean Benoit EYMEOUD
  Can Big Data increase our knowledge of local rental markets ? Estimating the cost of density with rents
  Presented by Jean Benoit Eymeoud (LIEPP SciencesPo)
  Discussed by Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IEB)
• Daniel Arribas-Bel, Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
  Building(s and) cities: Delineating urban areas with a machine learning algorithm
  Presented by Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IEB)
  Discussed by Akira Sasahara (University of Idaho)
• Giovanni PERI, Akira Sasahara
  The Impact of Global Warming on Rural-Urban Migrations: Evidence from Global Big Data
  Presented by Akira Sasahara (University of Idaho)
  Discussed by Yuhei Miyauchi (Boston University)

October 12, 2019 16:45 to 18:30 (Square)
08I. Housing VII

Chair: Thom Malone (Georgia Institute of Technology)

• Lyndsey Rolheiser
  Postwar Housing and Neighborhood Decline
  Presented by Lyndsey Rolheiser ()
  Discussed by Daniel Ringo (Federal Reserve Board)
• Elliot Anenberg, Daniel Ringo
  The Propagation of Demand Shocks Through Housing Markets
  Presented by Daniel Ringo (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Carl Liebersohn (The Ohio State University)
• Carl Liebersohn
  Regional Divergence and House Prices
  Presented by Carl Liebersohn (The Ohio State University)
  Discussed by Thom Malone (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Thom Malone
  Local House Price Diffusion During the Boom, Bust, and Recovery: Evidence from Los Angeles
  Presented by Thom Malone (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  Discussed by Lyndsey Rolheiser ()