Urban Economics Association

10th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

at the 62nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
November 11-14, 2015
Portland, OR

Programme Committee: Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Brown, chair), Morris Davis (Rutgers) and Yves Zenou (Stockholm).

Conference Program

01A. Thursday 8:00-10:00. Systems of Cities I (Broadway I)

Chair: Frederic Robert-Nicoud

• Emilson Caputo Delfino Silva, Vander Lucas
  Common Labor Market, Attachment and Spillovers in a Large Federation
  Presented by: Emilson Caputo Delfino Silva
  Discussed by: Frederic Robert-Nicoud
• Kristian Behrens, Yoshitsugu Kanemoto, Yasusada Murata
  New trade models, elusive welfare gains
  Presented by: Yasusada Murata
  Discussed by: Emilson Caputo Delfino Silva
• Kyle Hood
  Firm mobility and the impact of labor market policies
  Presented by: Kyle Hood
  Discussed by: Yasusada Murata
• David Albouy, Kristian Behrens, Frederic Robert-Nicoud
  The Optimal Distribution of Population across Cities: Are Cities too Big?
  Presented by: Frederic Robert-Nicoud
  Discussed by: Kyle Hood

01B. Thursday 8:00-10:00. Taxation and Local Public Finance (Broadway II)

Chair: David R. Agrawal

• Enrico Moretti, Daniel John Wilson
  The Effect of State Taxes on the Geographical Location of Top Earners: Evidence from Star Scientists
  Presented by: Daniel John Wilson
  Discussed by: David R. Agrawal
• Maarten Allers, Wouter Vermeulen
  Capitalization of Equalizing Grants and the Flypaper Effect
  Presented by: Wouter Vermeulen
  Discussed by: Daniel John Wilson
• Florian Chatagny
  Tax Effects of Amalgamations: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities
  Presented by: Florian Chatagny
  Discussed by: Wouter Vermeulen
• David R. Agrawal
  The Internet as a Tax Haven? The Effect of the Internet on Tax Competition
  Presented by: David R. Agrawal
  Discussed by: Florian Chatagny

01C. Thursday 8:00-10:00. Cities and Environmental Policy (Broadway III)

Chair: William Larson

• Zhi Wang, Matthew Kahn, Yu Liu, Zhao Chen
  Effects of Environmental Regulation in China: Water Pollution in the Yangtze River and Industrial Relocation
  Presented by: Zhi Wang
  Discussed by: William Larson
• Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
  Canary in a Coal Mine: Impact of Mid-20th Century Air Pollution on Infant Mortality and Property Values
  Presented by: Edson Severnini
  Discussed by: Zhi Wang
• Yatang Lin
  Where does the wind blow? Green preferences and spatial misallocation in renewable energy sector
  Presented by: Yatang Lin
  Discussed by: Edson Severnini
• William Larson, Weihua Zhao
  The Energy and Urban Form Implications of Telework
  Presented by: William Larson
  Discussed by: Yatang Lin

02A. Thursday 1:30-3:30. Empirics of Agglomeration I (Broadway I)

Chair: Jens Suedekum

• Ferdinando Monte, Stephen James Redding, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
  Commuting, Migration and Local Employment Elasticities
  Presented by: Ferdinando Monte
  Discussed by: Jens Suedekum
• Kristian Behrens, Rachel Guillain
  Coagglomeration patterns and functional specialization in Canada
  Presented by: Kristian Behrens
  Discussed by: Ferdinando Monte
• Henry G Overman, Clement Bosquet
  Why does Birthplace Matter so Much? Sorting, Learning and Geography
  Presented by: Henry G Overman
  Discussed by: Kristian Behrens
• Jens Suedekum, Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen
  Adjusting to Globalization: Evidence from Heterogeneous Worker-Establishment Matches in Germany
  Presented by: Jens Suedekum
  Discussed by: Henry G Overman

02B. Thursday 1:30-3:30. Sorting and Neighborhoods (Broadway II)

Chair: Andrea Craig

• Arthur Acolin, Gary Dean Painter, Raphael Bostic
  A Field Study of Rental Market Discrimination across Origins in France
  Presented by: Gary Dean Painter
  Discussed by: Andrea Craig
• Brian James Asquith
  Rent Control and Evictions: Evidence from San Francisco
  Presented by: Brian James Asquith
  Discussed by: Gary Dean Painter
• Fabien Moizeau
  Social Stratification in the City
  Presented by: Fabien Moizeau
  Discussed by: Brian James Asquith
• Alex Chernoff, Andrea Craig, Huw Lloyd-Ellis
  Neighbourhood Sorting and Commuting Choices
  Presented by: Andrea Craig
  Discussed by: Fabien Moizeau

02C. Thursday 1:30-3:30. Impacts of Local Environments (Broadway III)

Chair: Jessica Burley

• Lina Ahlin
  The spatial returns to education: does where you come from and where you go matter?
  Presented by: Lina Ahlin
  Discussed by: Jessica Burley
• Devin Bunten
  Is the Rent Too High? Aggregate Implications of Local Land Use Regulation
  Presented by: Devin Bunten
  Discussed by: Lina Ahlin
• Mathilde Poulhes
  Are Enterprise Zones Benefits Capitalized into Commercial Property Values? The French case.
  Presented by: Mathilde Poulhes
  Discussed by: Devin Bunten
• Jessica Burley
  The Built Environment and Social Interactions: Evidence from Panel Data
  Presented by: Jessica Burley
  Discussed by: Mathilde Poulhes

03A. Thursday 4:00-6:00. Dynamic Choices and Housing (Broadway I)

Chair: Alex Anas

• Morris Davis, Jesse Gregory, Daniel Hartley, Kegon TK Tan
  Family Location Choices and Child Development
  Presented by: Morris Davis
  Discussed by: Alex Anas
• Kelly Bishop, Alvin Murphy
  Valuing Time-Varying Attributes using the Hedonic Model: When is a Dynamic Approach Necessary?
  Presented by: Alvin Murphy
  Discussed by: Morris Davis
• Anthony DeFusco
  Homeowner Borrowing and Housing Collateral: New Evidence from Expiring Price Controls
  Presented by: Anthony DeFusco
  Discussed by: Alvin Murphy
• Alex Anas, Debarshi Indra
  Rationality and exuberance in land prices and the supply of new housing
  Presented by: Alex Anas
  Discussed by: Anthony DeFusco

03B. Thursday 4:00-6:00. Neighborhood Composition (Broadway II)

Chair: Jenny Schuetz

• Sanghoon Lee, Nathan Mudrick Schiff, Tianran Dai
  The Formation and Dynamics of Ethnic Neighborhoods
  Presented by: Nathan Mudrick Schiff
  Discussed by: Jenny Schuetz
• Allison Shertzer, Randall Phillip Walsh
  Racial Sorting and the Emergence of Segregation in American Cities
  Presented by: Randall Phillip Walsh
  Discussed by: Nathan Mudrick Schiff
• Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Daniel Hartley
  The Causes and Consequences of Gentrification and Neighborhood Change in U.S. Cities 1980-2010
  Presented by: Daniel Hartley
  Discussed by: Randall Phillip Walsh
• Jeff Larrimore, Jenny Schuetz
  Who Thinks "The Rent is Too Damn High"? The relationship between local affordability, housing choices and preferences
  Presented by: Jenny Schuetz
  Discussed by: Daniel Hartley

03C. Thursday 4:00-6:00. Local Labor Markets I (Broadway III)

Chair: Joerg Rolf Stahl

• Xi Yang
  Turnover and churning in thick labor markets
  Presented by: Stefan Leknes
  Discussed by: Joerg Rolf Stahl
• Frank Neffke, Anne Otto, César Hidalgo
  The role of local economies` industrial composition in the careers of displaced workers
  Presented by: Frank Neffke
  Discussed by: Stefan Leknes
• Grigorios Spanos
  The Impact of Market Size on Firm Organization
  Presented by: Grigorios Spanos
  Discussed by: Frank Neffke
• Joerg Rolf Stahl
  Capital Gain: The Returns to Locating in the Capital City
  Presented by: Joerg Rolf Stahl
  Discussed by: Grigorios Spanos

04A. Friday 8:00-10:00. Systems of Cities II (Broadway I)

Chair: Klaus Desmet

• Yi Niu, Chengri Ding
  Market Size and Productivity: Evidence of Chinese Cities
  Presented by: Yi Niu
  Discussed by: Klaus Desmet
• Jeffrey Lin, Hoyt Bleakley
  History and the Sizes of Cities: A Structural, Partial-Identification Approach to Path Dependence
  Presented by: Jeffrey Lin
  Discussed by: Yi Niu
• David Carson Jinkins, Farid Farrokhi
  Trade and Inequality in the Spatial Economy
  Presented by: Farid Farrokhi
  Discussed by: Jeffrey Lin
• Klaus Desmet, Avner Greif, Stephen L. Parente
  The Great Divergence: Guilds and Spatial Competition in England and China
  Presented by: Klaus Desmet
  Discussed by: David Carson Jinkins

04B. Friday 8:00-10:00. Homeownership I (Broadway II)

Chair: Jonathan Halket

• Harris Selod
  Urbanization and Property Rights
  Presented by: Harris Selod
  Discussed by: Jonathan Halket
• David Albouy
  Should We Be Taxed Out of Our Homes? The Optimal Taxation of Housing Consumption
  Presented by: David Albouy
  Discussed by: Harris Selod
• Xi Yang
  The Effect of Home Ownership on Job Matching Quality
  Presented by: Xi Yang
  Discussed by: David Albouy
• Jonathan Halket
  A selection model of hedonic house values and rents
  Presented by: Jonathan Halket
  Discussed by: Xi Yang

04C. Friday 8:00-10:00. Urban Transportation Empirics (Broadway III)

Chair: Ismir Mulalic

• Raphael Parchet, Stephan Fretz
  Is Highway Access Good for your Tax Base?
  Presented by: Raphael Parchet
  Discussed by: Ismir Mulalic
• Zhigang Li, Hangtian Xu
  Estimating the impact of high-speed rail on economic geography: Quasi-experimental evidence from Japan
  Presented by: Zhigang Li
  Discussed by: Raphael Parchet
• Ismir Mulalic, Jan Rouwendal, Ninette Pilegaard
  Public transport and car ownership: evidence from the Copenhagen metropolitan area
  Presented by: Ismir Mulalic
  Discussed by: Zhigang Li

05A. Friday 10:30-12:30. Housing Supply and Tall Buildings (Broadway I)

Chair: Daniel Paul McMillen

• Thomas Davidoff
  Supply Constraints Are Not Valid Instrumental Variables for Home Prices Because They Are Correlated with Many Demand Factors
  Presented by: Thomas Davidoff
  Discussed by: Daniel Paul McMillen
• Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon
  The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France
  Presented by: Laurent Gobillon
  Discussed by: Thomas Davidoff
• William Strange, Stuart S Rosenthal, Crocker Liu
  The Vertical City: Rent Gradients and Spatial Structure
  Presented by: William Strange
  Discussed by: Laurent Gobillon
• Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Daniel Paul McMillen
  The vertical city: The price of land and the height of buildings in Chicago 1870-2010
  Presented by: Daniel Paul McMillen
  Discussed by: William Strange

05B. Friday 10:30-12:30. Neighborhood Effects (Broadway II)

Chair: Carlo Del Bello

• Camille HEMET, Clément Malgouyres
  Diversity and employment prospects: neighbors matter!
  Presented by: Camille HEMET
  Discussed by: Carlo Del Bello
• Yannis M. Ioannides
  Endogenous Social Networks and Inequality: Spatial Aspects
  Presented by: Yannis M. Ioannides
  Discussed by: Camille HEMET
• Tatsuhito Kono, Keisuke tanaka
  Estimating the willingness to pay for amenities with a difference-in-difference hedonic approach based on an inter-temporal equilibrium model
  Presented by: Tatsuhito Kono
  Discussed by: Yannis M. Ioannides
• Carlo Del Bello, Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
  Neighborhood effects in education
  Presented by: Carlo Del Bello
  Discussed by: Tatsuhito Kono

05C. Friday 10:30-12:30. Misallocation and Inequality (Broadway III)

Chair: Asha Sundaram

• Jingting Fan, Lixin Tang, Weiming Zhu, Ben Zou
  The Alibaba Effect: Spatial Consumption Inequality and the Welfare Gains from e-Commerce
  Presented by: Ben Zou
  Discussed by: Asha Sundaram
• Colin Joseph Hottman
  Retail Markups, Misallocation, and Store Variety in the US
  Presented by: Colin Joseph Hottman
  Discussed by: Ben Zou
• Gilles Duranton, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr
  The misallocation of land and other factors of production in India
  Presented by: Gilles Duranton
  Discussed by: Colin Joseph Hottman
• Fariha Kamal, Asha Sundaram
  Spatial Concentration of Sourcing in International Trade: The Role of Institutions
  Presented by: Asha Sundaram
  Discussed by: Gilles Duranton

06A. Friday 1:30-3:30. Homeownership II (Broadway I)

Chair: Edward Coulson

• Lu Han
  The Effects of Macroprudential Mortgage Insurance Regulation During a Housing Boom: Evidence from Canada
  Presented by: Lu Han
  Discussed by: Edward Coulson
• Stuart A Gabriel
  Default Option Exercise over the Financial Crisis and Beyond
  Presented by: Stuart A Gabriel
  Discussed by: Lu Han
• Jan Brueckner, Kangoh Lee
  Optimal Sharing of Interest-Rate Risk in Mortgage Contracts: The Effects of Potential Prepayment and Default
  Presented by: Jan Brueckner
  Discussed by: Stuart A Gabriel
• Edward Coulson, Adele Morris, Helen Neill
  Are New Homes Special?
  Presented by: Edward Coulson
  Discussed by: Jan Brueckner

06B. Friday 1:30-3:30. Empirics of Agglomeration II (Broadway II)

Chair: Amanda Ross

• Stephen Sheppard, Daniel Zhao
  Regional Concentration of Industry in China
  Presented by: Stephen Sheppard
  Discussed by: Amanda Ross
• Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Attila Lindner
  What Are The Returns To Regional Mobility? Evidence From Mass Layoffs
  Presented by: Wolfgang Dauth
  Discussed by: Stephen Sheppard
• Shimeng Liu
  Agglomeration, Urban Wage Premiums, and College Majors
  Presented by: Shimeng Liu
  Discussed by: Wolfgang Dauth
• Kaitlyn Harger, Amanda Ross, Heather Stephens
  What Matters More for Economic Development, the Amount of Funding or the Number of Projects Funded? Evidence from the Community Development Financial Investment Fund
  Presented by: Amanda Ross
  Discussed by: Shimeng Liu

06C. Friday 1:30-3:30. Local Labor Markets II (Broadway III)

Chair: Nathalie Picarelli

• Paola L. Montero Ledezma, WEI XIAO, Yves Zenou
  Search, labor supply and unemployment of married women in cities
  Presented by: Wei Xiao
  Discussed by: Nathalie Picarelli
• Takanori Ago, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Tadashi Morita, Takatoshi Tabuchi
  Elastic labor supply and agglomeration
  Presented by: Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  Discussed by: Wei Xiao
• Boris Hirsch, Elke J. Jahn, Michael Oberfichtner
  The urban wage premium in imperfect labour markets
  Presented by: Michael Oberfichtner
  Discussed by: Kazuhiro Yamamoto
• Nathalie Picarelli
  Estimating the Effect of Subsidized Housing on Labor Supply: Evidence from South Africa
  Presented by: Nathalie Picarelli
  Discussed by: Michael Oberfichtner

06D. Friday 1:30-3:30. Innovation in Space (Broadway IV)

Chair: Thomas J. Holmes

• John V Winters
  Do STEM and Non-STEM College Graduates Increase Innovation? Evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas
  Presented by: John V Winters
  Discussed by: Thomas J. Holmes
• Alex Whalley
  Space Race: Learning and Productivity in Cities
  Presented by: Alex Whalley
  Discussed by: John V Winters
• Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Charles Van Marrewijk
  The Location of Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions in the USA
  Presented by: Steven Brakman
  Discussed by: Alex Whalley
• Thomas J. Holmes, Ethan Singer
  A Quantitative Analysis of Goods Flow and City Size
  Presented by: Thomas J. Holmes
  Discussed by: Steven Brakman

07A. Friday 4:00-6:00. Local Labor Markets III (Broadway I)

Chair: Christopher Palmer

• Patrick Coate, Kyle Mangum
  Fast Locations and Slowing Labor Mobility
  Presented by: Kyle Mangum
  Discussed by: Christopher Palmer
• Tyler Ransom
  The Effect of Business Cycle Fluctuations on Migration Decisions
  Presented by: Tyler Ransom
  Discussed by: Kyle Mangum
• Christopher Palmer
  IV Quantile Regression for Group-Level Treatments with an Application to the Distributional Effects of Trade
  Presented by: Christopher Palmer
  Discussed by: Tyler Ransom

07B. Friday 4:00-6:00. Homeownership III (Broadway II)

Chair: Ahmet Ali Taşkın

• Yongheng Deng, Yu Qin, Hongjia Zhu
  Housing Prices and Mating Preferences: Evidence from Online Daters
  Presented by: Yu Qin
  Discussed by: Ahmet Ali Taşkın
• Christian A. L. Hilber, Olivier Schoeni
  Regulating Investment Homes: Evidence from Switzerland
  Presented by: Christian A. L. Hilber
  Discussed by: Yu Qin
• Tom Mayock, Rachel Spritzer
  Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in the Financial Returns to Homeownership
  Presented by: Tom Mayock
  Discussed by: Christian A. L. Hilber
• Ahmet Ali Taşkın, Fırat Yaman
  Does Homeownership Prolong the Duration of Unemployment?
  Presented by: Ahmet Ali Taşkın
  Discussed by: Tom Mayock

07C. Friday 4:00-6:00. Neighborhoods and Education (Broadway III)

Chair: Rosa Sanchis-Guarner

• Edward Kung, Ralph Mastromonaco
  Measuring Neighborhood Preferences Under Credit Constraints
  Presented by: Edward Kung
  Discussed by: Rosa Sanchis-Guarner
• Stephen Billings, David Deming, Stephen L Ross
  Partners in Crime: School, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks
  Presented by: Stephen Billings
  Discussed by: Edward Kung
• Marco Bertoni, Steve Gibbons, Olmo Silva
  SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND PARENTAL PREFERENCES
  Presented by: Olmo Silva
  Discussed by: Stephen Billings
• Benjamin Faber, Rosa Sanchis-Guarner, Felix Weinhardt
  ICT and Education: Evidence from Student Home Addresses
  Presented by: Rosa Sanchis-Guarner
  Discussed by: Olmo Silva

07D. Friday 4:00-6:00. Urban Theory I (Broadway IV)

Chair: Benoit Schmutz

• Shota Fujishima, Daisuke Oyama
  Equilibrium Dynamics in a Model of Growth and Spatial Agglomeration
  Presented by: Shota Fujishima
  Discussed by: Benoit Schmutz
• Marcus Berliant, Takatoshi Tabuchi
  Equilibrium Commuting
  Presented by: Marcus Berliant
  Discussed by: Shota Fujishima
• Kaz Miyagiwa, Yasuhiro Sato
  Illegal immigration and multiple destinations
  Presented by: Yasuhiro Sato
  Discussed by: Marcus Berliant
• Modibo Sidibe, benoit schmutz
  Frictional spatial equilibrium
  Presented by: Benoit Schmutz
  Discussed by: Yasuhiro Sato

08A. Saturday 8:00-10:00. Trade & Welfare (Broadway I)

Chair: Leo Feler

• Oliver Krebs, Michael Paul Pflüger
  How Deep is Your Love? A Quantitative Spatial Analysis of the Transatlantic Trade Partnership
  Presented by: Michael Paul Pflüger
  Discussed by: Leo Feler
• Jingting Fan
  Internal Geography, Labor Mobility, and the Distributional Impacts of Trade
  Presented by: Jingting Fan
  Discussed by: Michael Paul Pflüger
• Leo Feler, Mine Z Senses
  Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods
  Presented by: Mine Senses
  Discussed by: Jingting Fan

08B. Saturday 8:00-10:00. Land Use (Broadway II)

Chair: Hans Koster

• Coen N Teulings, Ioulia V Ossokina
  The urban economics of retail
  Presented by: Ioulia V Ossokina
  Discussed by: Hans Koster
• Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez, Camille HEMET, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
  Job decentralization, subcenter formation and public transportation
  Presented by: Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez
  Discussed by: Ioulia V Ossokina
• Allison Shertzer, Tate Twinam, Randall Phillip Walsh
  Zoning and the Economic Geography of Cities
  Presented by: Tate Twinam
  Discussed by: Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez
• Gerard Dericks, Hans Koster
  Land use planning, urban spatial structure and the office market: Evidence from Blitz bombings
  Presented by: Hans Koster
  Discussed by: Tate Twinam

08C. Saturday 8:00-10:00. Local Labor Markets IV (Broadway III)

Chair: Mark van Duijn

• Hildegunn E. Stokke
  Regional payroll tax cuts and individual wages: Heterogeneous effects across sectors and education levels
  Presented by: Hildegunn E. Stokke
  Discussed by: Mark van Duijn
• Maximilian von Ehrlich
  Micro-regional Evidence on Financial-Crisis Effects
  Presented by: Maximilian von Ehrlich
  Discussed by: Hildegunn E. Stokke
• Russell Weinstein
  Dynamic Responses to Labor Demand Shocks: Evidence from the Financial Industry in Delaware
  Presented by: Russell Weinstein
  Discussed by: Maximilian von Ehrlich
• Mark van Duijn
  Moving Costs and the Location Choice of Dutch Households
  Presented by: Mark van Duijn
  Discussed by: Russell Weinstein

09A. Saturday 10:30-12:30. Banking and Broadband (Broadway I)

Chair: Yongqiang Chu

• David Cuberes, Howard Bodenhorn
  Finance and Urbanization in Early Nineteenth-Century New York
  Presented by: David Cuberes
  Discussed by: Yongqiang Chu
• Simone Schueller, Giulia Canzian, Samuele Poy
  Broadband Diffusion and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
  Presented by: Simone Schueller
  Discussed by: David Cuberes
• Daniel Da Mata, Guilherme Resende
  Changing the Climate for Banking: The Economic Effects of Credit in a Climate-Vulnerable Area
  Presented by: Daniel Da Mata
  Discussed by: Simone Schueller
• Yongqiang Chu
  Bank Competition, Credit Supply, and Risk-Taking: Evidence from the Real Estate Market
  Presented by: Yongqiang Chu
  Discussed by: Daniel Da Mata

09B. Saturday 10:30-12:30. Urban Theory II (Broadway II)

Chair: Cecile Gaubert

• Jordan Rappaport
  The Size of Cities
  Presented by: Jordan Rappaport
  Discussed by: Cecile Gaubert
• Arthur O`Sullivan
  The Emergence of Coagglomeration
  Presented by: Arthur O`Sullivan
  Discussed by: Jordan Rappaport
• Nathan Seegert
  Barriers to Migration in a System of Cities
  Presented by: Nathan Seegert
  Discussed by: Arthur O`Sullivan
• Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert
  Tourism and Economic Development: Evidence from Mexico's Coastline
  Presented by: Cecile Gaubert
  Discussed by: Nathan Seegert

09C. Saturday 10:30-12:30. Home Prices and Mortgages (Broadway III)

Chair: Jan Rouwendal

• Philippe Bracke
  How Much Do UK Buy-To-Let Investors Pay for Houses?
  Presented by: Philippe Bracke
  Discussed by: Jan Rouwendal
• Elliot Anenberg
  The Effect of Mortgage Credit Availability on House Prices and Investment: Evidence from a Frontier Estimation Approach
  Presented by: Elliot Anenberg
  Discussed by: Philippe Bracke
• Jeffrey Zabel
  Local House Price Diffusion
  Presented by: Jeffrey Zabel
  Discussed by: Elliot Anenberg
• Jan Rouwendal
  Measuring diverging house prices
  Presented by: Jan Rouwendal
  Discussed by: Jeffrey Zabel

09D. Saturday 10:30-12:30. Cities in Developing Countries (Broadway IV)

Chair: Jianfeng Wu

• Jie Xiao, Qinghua Zhang, Brian Knight, Liutang Gong
  Political Budget Cycles and Incentives --Evidence from Prefectural Cities in China
  Presented by: Jie Xiao
  Discussed by: Jianfeng Wu
• Yong Suk Lee
  Countering Sanctions: The Unequal Geographic Impact of Economic Sanctions in North Korea
  Presented by: Yong Suk Lee
  Discussed by: Jie Xiao
• Matthew Kahn, Weizeng Sun, Jianfeng Wu, Siqi Zheng
  Picking Winners in Industrial Policy or Playing Politics? New Estimates of the Productivity Impacts of China`s Industrial Parks
  Presented by: Jianfeng Wu
  Discussed by: Yong Suk Lee

10A. Saturday 2:45-4:45. Urban Structure, Trade and Welfare (Broadway I)

Chair: Daniel Murphy

• Mariaflavia Harari
  Cities in Bad Shape: Urban Geometry in India
  Presented by: Mariaflavia Harari
  Discussed by: Daniel Murphy
• Andrei Victor Potlogea, Wenya Cheng
  Local Labor Markets Effects of Trade Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from China`s WTO Accession
  Presented by: Andrei Victor Potlogea
  Discussed by: Mariaflavia Harari
• Jan Brueckner, Shihe Fu, Yizhen Gu, Junfu Zhang
  Measuring the Stringency of Land-Use Regulation and Its Determinants: The Case of China`s Building-Height Limits
  Presented by: Junfu Zhang
  Discussed by: Andrei Victor Potlogea
• Daniel Murphy
  Welfare Consequences of Asymmetric Growth
  Presented by: Daniel Murphy
  Discussed by: Junfu Zhang

10B. Saturday 2:45-4:45. Transportation (Broadway II)

Chair: Jonathan Hall

• Mogens Fosgerau, Jinwon Kim
  Vickrey Meets Alonso: Commute Scheduling and Congestion in a Monocentric City
  Presented by: Jinwon Kim
  Discussed by: Jonathan Hall
• Nicholas Sheard
  Airport Size and Urban Growth
  Presented by: Nicholas Sheard
  Discussed by: Jinwon Kim
• Kevin D. Roth, Antonio M. Bento, Andrew Waxman
  The Value of Urgency: Evidence from Congestion Pricing Experiments
  Presented by: Kevin D. Roth
  Discussed by: Nicholas Sheard
• Jonathan Hall
  When Pricing Fewer Lanes on Congested Highways is Better
  Presented by: Jonathan Hall
  Discussed by: Kevin D. Roth