Urban Economics Association

October 12, 2018 8:30 to 9:30 (Floor 4, Room 417: Altschul Auditorium)
Keynote Lecture by Leah Platt Boustan

Chair: Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)

• Leah Boustan
  The effects of immigration on the economy over the 20th century: Lessons from the closing and re-opening of the border
  Presented by Leah Boustan (Princeton University)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
01A. Amenities I

Chair: Jeffrey Lin (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

• Rebecca Diamond, Enrico Moretti
  The Geography of Consumption Inequality
  Presented by Rebecca Diamond (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Jeffrey Brinkman (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Jeffrey Brinkman, Jeffrey Lin
  Freeway revolts!
  Presented by Jeffrey Brinkman (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IEB)
• Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez, Ilias Pasidis, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
  Amphitheaters, cathedrals and operas: The role of historic amenities on suburbanization
  Presented by Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IEB)
  Discussed by Jeffrey Lin (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Sanghoon Lee, Seung Hoon Lee, Jeffrey Lin
  The Well-Being of Nations: Estimating Welfare from International Migration
  Presented by Jeffrey Lin (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Rebecca Diamond (Stanford University)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 4, Room 404)
01B. Land Use

Chair: Henry Overman (London School of Economics)

• Marie-Pierre de Bellefon, Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon
  Delineating metropolitan areas with building density
  Presented by Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics)
  Discussed by Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona)
• Pierre Magontier, Albert Sole Olle, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
  The Political Economy of Coastal Destruction
  Presented by Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona)
  Discussed by Christian Düben (Hamburg University)
• Christian Düben, Melanie Krause
  Population, Light and the Size Distribution of Cities
  Presented by Christian Düben (Hamburg University)
  Discussed by Henry Overman (London School of Economics)
• Gilles Duranton, Henry Overman, Diego Puga, Tanner Regan, Matthew Turner
  The Lifecycle of Land: Evidence from the US, 2000-2010
  Presented by Henry Overman (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 8, Room 801)
01C. Housing I

Chair: Janet Kohlhase (University of Houston)

• Raven Molloy, Charles Nathanson, Andrew Paciorek
  Housing Supply Regulation and Housing Affordability
  Presented by Raven Molloy (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Shimeng Liu (Jinan University)
• Shimeng Liu, Xi Yang
  Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-skill Human Capital across Low-skill Labor Markets
  Presented by Shimeng Liu (Jinan University)
  Discussed by Andrii Parkhomenko (University of Southern California)
• Andrii Parkhomenko
  Housing Supply Regulation: Local Causes and Aggregate Implication
  Presented by Andrii Parkhomenko (University of Southern California)
  Discussed by Jan K. Brueckner (University of California, Irvine)
• Jan K. Brueckner, Ruchi Singh
  Stringency of Land-Use Regulation: Building Heights in US Cities
  Presented by Jan K. Brueckner (University of California, Irvine)
  Discussed by Raven Molloy (Federal Reserve Board)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 11, Room 1101)
01D. Transportation I

Chair: Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

• Hadia Majid, Ammar Malik, Kate Vyborny
  Infrastructure investments and public transport use: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan
  Presented by Kate Vyborny (Duke University)
  Discussed by Alexander Rothenberg (Syracuse Unversity)
• Arya Gaduh, Tadeja Gracner, Alexander Rothenberg
  Improving Mobility in Developing Country Cities: Evaluating Bus Rapid Transit and Other Policies in Jakarta
  Presented by Alexander Rothenberg (Syracuse Unversity)
  Discussed by Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology)
• Ioulia Ossokina, Jos Van Ommeren, Henk Van Mourik
  Highway expansions and local economic activity
  Presented by Ioulia Ossokina (Eindhoven University of Technology)
  Discussed by Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
• Kenzo Asahi
  Better urban transport improves labour market outcomes, evidence from a subway expansion in Chile
  Presented by Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
  Discussed by Kate Vyborny (Duke University)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 11, Room 1120)
01E. Housing II

Chair: Morgane Laouenan (CNRS Paris-Sorbonne)

• Andrew Hanson, Zack Hawley, Hal Martin
  Does Differential Treatment Translate to Differential Outcomes for Minority Borrowers? Evidence from Matching a Field Experiment to Loan Level Data
  Presented by Zack Hawley (Texas Christian University)
  Discussed by David Phillips (University of Notre Dame)
• Dionissi Aliprantis, Hal Martin, David C Phillips
  Can Landlords Be Paid to Stop Avoiding Voucher Tenants?
  Presented by David Phillips (University of Notre Dame)
  Discussed by Tate Twinam (University of Washington Bothell)
• Brian Beach, Daniel Jones, Tate Twinam, Randall Walsh
  Minority Representation in Local Government and Distributional Outcomes
  Presented by Tate Twinam (University of Washington Bothell)
  Discussed by Morgane Laouenan (CNRS Paris-Sorbonne)
• Morgane Laouenan
  Ethnic Discrimination on an Online Marketplace of Vacation Rentals
  Presented by Morgane Laouenan (CNRS Paris-Sorbonne)
  Discussed by Zack Hawley (Texas Christian University)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
01F. Local public finance I

Chair: Raphael Parchet (Università della Svizzera italiana)

• Max Löffler, Sebastian Siegloch
  Property Taxation, Housing, and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from German Municipalities
  Presented by Sebastian Siegloch (University of Mannheim)
  Discussed by Marcus Roller (University of Bern)
• Marcus Roller
  Structural Elasticities of Tax-Induced Mobility
  Presented by Marcus Roller (University of Bern)
  Discussed by Carlianne Patrick (Georgia State University)
• Spencer Banzhaf, Ryan Mickey, Carlianne Patrick
  Age-based property tax exemption
  Presented by Carlianne Patrick (Georgia State University)
  Discussed by Raphael Parchet (Università della Svizzera italiana)
• Marius Brülhart, Jayson Danton, Raphael Parchet, Jörg Schläpfer
  Who Bears the Burden of Local Income Taxes?
  Presented by Raphael Parchet (Università della Svizzera italiana)
  Discussed by Sebastian Siegloch (University of Mannheim)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 9, Room 918)
01G. Local education I

Chair: Nathan Schiff (Shanghai U. of Finance and Economics)

• Juan Chauvin
  Education and Local Labor Market Outcomes. Evidence from a Large Federal Program
  Presented by Juan Chauvin (Inter-American Development Bank)
  Discussed by Eric Baron (Florida State University)
• Eric Baron
  The Effect of Teachers' Unions on Student Achievement: Evidence from Wisconsin's Act 10
  Presented by Eric Baron (Florida State University)
  Discussed by Crocker Liu (Cornell University)
• Crocker Liu, Patrick Smith
  Bidding Wars: The Price of Education
  Presented by Crocker Liu (Cornell University)
  Discussed by Nathan Schiff (Shanghai U. of Finance and Economics)
• Brian Knight, Nathan Schiff
  Reducing Frictions in College Admissions: Evidence from the Common Application
  Presented by Nathan Schiff (Shanghai U. of Finance and Economics)
  Discussed by Juan Chauvin (Inter-American Development Bank)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 10, Room 1027)
01H. Agglomeration economies I

Chair: William Strange (University of Toronto)

• Stephan Heblich, Marlon Seror, Hao Xu, Yanos Zylberberg
  Industrial clusters in the long run: Evidence from Million-Rouble plants in China
  Presented by Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)
  Discussed by Xuan Luo (INSEAD)
• Wen-Tai Hsu, Yi Lu, Xuan Luo, Lianming Zhu
  Does Foreign Direct Investment Lead to Industrial Agglomeration?
  Presented by Xuan Luo (INSEAD)
  Discussed by Mathieu Steijn (Utrecht University)
• Mathieu Steijn, Hans Koster
  Dynamic Coagglomeration
  Presented by Mathieu Steijn (Utrecht University)
  Discussed by William Strange (University of Toronto)
• William Strange
  Tales of the City: What Do Agglomeration Cases Tell Us About Agglomeration in General?
  Presented by William Strange (University of Toronto)
  Discussed by Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
01I. Pollution in cities

Chair: William Hanlon (NYU Stern School of Business)

• Nicholas Sanders, Jeremy Moulton, Scott Wentland
  Toxic Assets: How the Housing Market Responds to Environmental Information Shocks
  Presented by Scott Wentland (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  Discussed by Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh, Edson Severnini
  Toxic Truth: Lead and Fertility
  Presented by Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University)
  Discussed by Scott Wentland (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
• Matthew Neidell
  Long-Run Pollution Exposure and Adult Mortality: Evidence from the Acid Rain Program
  Presented by Matthew Neidell (Columbia University)
  Discussed by William Hanlon (NYU Stern School of Business)
• William Hanlon
  London Fog: A Century of Pollution and Mortality, 1866-1965
  Presented by William Hanlon (NYU Stern School of Business)
  Discussed by Matthew Neidell (Columbia University)

October 12, 2018 10:00 to 12:00 (ISERP Conference Room, near Room 403 on Floor 4)
01J. Big cities and state taxation

Chair: Takatoshi Tabuchi (University of Tokyo)

• Yashar Blouri, Olivier Schoeni
  Income taxation in the presence of commuting: A comparison of alternative fiscal regimes
  Presented by Olivier Schoeni (University of Bern)
  Discussed by Farid Farrokhi (Purdue University)
• Farid Farrokhi
  Skill, Agglomeration, and Inequality in the Spatial Economy
  Presented by Farid Farrokhi (Purdue University)
  Discussed by Danny Ben-Shahar (Tel Aviv University)
• Danny Ben-Shahar, Stuart Gabriel, Roni Golan
  Can't Get There from Here: Affordability Distance to a Superstar City
  Presented by Danny Ben-Shahar (Tel Aviv University)
  Discussed by Takatoshi Tabuchi (University of Tokyo)
• Takatoshi Tabuchi
  Where Do the Rich Live in a Big City?
  Presented by Takatoshi Tabuchi (University of Tokyo)
  Discussed by Olivier Schoeni (University of Bern)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
02A. Sorting across and within cities

Chair: Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)

• Adrien Bilal, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
  Location as an Asset
  Presented by Adrien Bilal (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Alessandra Fogli (Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank)
• Alessandra Fogli, Veronica Guerrieri
  The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities
  Presented by Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Nick Tsivanidis (University of Chicago)
• Nick Tsivanidis
  The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Urban Transit Infrastructure: Evidence from Bogota’s TransMilenio
  Presented by Nick Tsivanidis (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)
• Pablo Fajgelbaum, Cecile Gaubert
  Optimal Spatial Policies, Geography and Sorting
  Presented by Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)
  Discussed by Adrien Bilal (Princeton University)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 4, Room 404)
02B. Crime

Chair: Aaditya Dar (GWU)

• Bocar Ba
  Going the Extra Mile: the Cost of Complaint Filing, Accountability, and Law Enforcement Outcomes in Chicago
  Presented by Bocar Ba (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut)
• Nishith Prakash
  Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India
  Presented by Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut)
  Discussed by Girija Borker ()
• Girija Borker
  Safety First: Perceived Risk of Street Harassment and Educational Choices of Women
  Presented by Girija Borker ()
  Discussed by Abhilasha Sahay ()
• Aaditya Dar, Abhilasha Sahay
  Designing Policy in Weak States: Unintended Consequences of Alcohol Prohibition in Bihar
  Presented by Abhilasha Sahay ()
  Discussed by Bocar Ba (University of Chicago)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 8, Room 801)
02C. Student Prize I

Chair: Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Rotman School of Management, U Toronto)

• Lin Tian
  Division of Labor and Extent of Market: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
  Presented by Lin Tian (INSEAD)
  Discussed by Conor Walsh (Yale University)
• Fabian Eckert, Mads Hejlesen, Conor Walsh
  The Return to Big City Experience: Evidence from Danish Refugees
  Presented by Conor Walsh (Yale University)
  Discussed by Anja Grujovic (CEMFI)
• Anja Grujovic
  Tasks, Cities and Urban Wage Premia
  Presented by Anja Grujovic (CEMFI)
  Discussed by Lin Tian (INSEAD)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 11, Room 1101)
02D. Student Prize II

Chair: Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)

• John Anders
  The Long Run Effects of De Jure Discrimination in the Credit Market: How Redlining Increased Crime
  Presented by John Anders (Texas A&M)
  Discussed by Mikhail Poyker (Columbia University)
• Mikhail Poyker
  Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
  Presented by Mikhail Poyker (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Andres Giraldo (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
• Andres Giraldo, Manini Ojha
  The Effect of Quality of Education on Crime: Evidence from Colombia
  Presented by Andres Giraldo (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
  Discussed by John Anders (Texas A&M)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 11, Room 1120)
02E. Student Prize III

Chair: Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)

• Viviane Sanfelice
  Are Safe Routes Effective? Assessing the Effects of Chicago's Safe Passage Program on Local Crimes
  Presented by Viviane Sanfelice (University of Rochester)
  Discussed by Morgan Williams Jr (New York University)
• Morgan Williams Jr
  Gun Violence in Black and White: Evidence from Policy Reform in Missouri
  Presented by Morgan Williams Jr (New York University)
  Discussed by Rodrigo Schneider (Skidmore College)
• Rodrigo Schneider
  Crime and political effects of a concealed carry ban in Brazil
  Presented by Rodrigo Schneider (Skidmore College)
  Discussed by Ashna Arora (Columbia University)
• ashna arora
  Juvenile Crime and Anticipated Punishment
  Presented by Ashna Arora (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Viviane Sanfelice (University of Rochester)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
02F. Student Prize IV

Chair: Victor Couture (University of California, Berkeley)

• Amrita Kulka, Dennis McWeeny
  Rural Physician Shortages and Policy Intervention
  Presented by Amrita Kulka (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  Discussed by Bryan Pratt (University of California Santa Cruz)
• Bryan Pratt
  A Fine Is More Than a Price: The Impact of Quota-Based Drought Restrictions
  Presented by Bryan Pratt (University of California Santa Cruz)
  Discussed by Ying Chen (LSE)
• Ying Chen
  Air pollution, regulations, and labor mobility in China
  Presented by Ying Chen (LSE)
  Discussed by Amrita Kulka (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 9, Room 918)
02G. Student Prize V

Chair: Joan Monras (CEMFI)

• Tatiana Mocanu, Pedro Tremacoldi Rossi
  International student migration and local housing markets
  Presented by Tatiana Mocanu (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
  Discussed by Patrick Testa (University of California, Irvine)
• Patrick Testa
  The economic legacy of expulsion: Lessons from postwar Czechoslovakia
  Presented by Patrick Testa (University of California, Irvine)
  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 Diego Battiston (London School of Economics)
• Diego Battiston
  The Persistent Effects of Brief Interactions: Evidence from Immigrant Ships
  Presented by Diego Battiston (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Tatiana Mocanu (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 10, Room 1027)
02H. Student Prize VI

Chair: Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)

• Clara Santamaria
  Small Teams in Big Cities: Inequality, City Size, and the Organization of Production
  Presented by Clara Santamaria (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Yan Hu (CEMFI)
• Yan Hu
  Rushed to the Altar: The Effect of Social Interactions on Migrant Workers’ Marriage Age
  Presented by Yan Hu (CEMFI)
  Discussed by Mingzhi Xu (Peking University and the National Bureau of Economic Research)
• Mingzhi Xu
  Riding on the New Silk Road: Quantifying the Welfare Gains from High-Speed Railways
  Presented by Mingzhi Xu (Peking University and the National Bureau of Economic Research)
  Discussed by Cailin Slattery (University of Virginia)
• Cailin Slattery
  Bidding for Firms: Subsidy Competition in the U.S.
  Presented by Cailin Slattery (University of Virginia)
  Discussed by Clara Santamaria (Princeton University)

October 12, 2018 13:00 to 15:00 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
02I. Student Prize VII

Chair: William Hanlon (NYU Stern School of Business)

• Marco Tabellini
  Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration
  Presented by Marco Tabellini (Harvard Business School)
  Discussed by Yujung Hwang ()
• Yujung Hwang
  Social Integration of Immigrants through Shaping Neighbourhoods and Social Geography
  Presented by Yujung Hwang ()
  Discussed by Wen Wang (Duke University)
• Wen Wang
  Gentrification and Residential Sorting: Reasons for Displacement and Environmental Injustice in Los Angeles
  Presented by Wen Wang (Duke University)
  Discussed by Matthew Davis (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton )
• Matthew Davis
  The Distributional Impact of Mortgage Interest Subsidies: Evidence from Variation in State Tax Policies
  Presented by Matthew Davis (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton )
  Discussed by Marco Tabellini (Harvard Business School)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
03A. Urban Networks and Big Data

Chair: Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)

• Konstantin Buechel, Maximilian von Ehrlich, Diego Puga, Elisabet Viladecans
  Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility
  Presented by Diego Puga (CEMFI)
  Discussed by Eleonora Patacchini (Cornell University)
• Eleonora Patacchini
  Information, Mobile Communication Patterns and Social Referrals
  Presented by Eleonora Patacchini (Cornell University)
  Discussed by Susan Athey (Stanford University)
• Susan Athey, Matthew Gentzkow
  Measuring Segregation using GPS Data
  Presented by Susan Athey (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Jonathan Dingel (University of Chicago)
• Victor Couture, Jonathan Dingel, Allison Green, Jessie Handbury
  Quantifying Social Interactions Using Smartphone Data
  Presented by Victor Couture (University of California, Berkeley)
  Discussed by Diego Puga (CEMFI)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 4, Room 404)
03B. Housing supply and the dynamics of cities

Chair: Jacob Cosman (Johns Hopkins University)

• Jenny Schuetz
  Is the U.S. Building Enough Housing?
  Presented by Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution)
  Discussed by Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville)
• Weihua Zhao
  The High Cost of Urban Housing: Land Use Regulation versus Transportation Planning Policies
  Presented by Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville)
  Discussed by Devin Bunten (MIT)
• Shifrah Aron-Dine, Devin Bunten
  When The Neighborhood Goes: The Effects of Gentrification on Individuals and Communities
  Presented by Devin Bunten (MIT)
  Discussed by Jacob Cosman (Johns Hopkins University)
• Jacob Cosman, Luis Quintero
  Redevelopment and housing prices
  Presented by Jacob Cosman (Johns Hopkins University)
  Discussed by Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 8, Room 801)
03C. Transportation II

Chair: Jos Van Ommeren (VU University Amsterdam)

• Christopher Severen, Arthur van Benthem
  Preference Formation and the Price of Gasoline
  Presented by Christopher Severen (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Alejandro Molnar (Vanderbilt University)
• Daniel Mangrum, Alejandro Molnar
  The marginal congestion of a taxi in New York City
  Presented by Alejandro Molnar (Vanderbilt University)
  Discussed by Tobias Salz (Columbia University)
• Tobias Salz
  The Value of Time: A High-frequency Revealed Preference Analysis
  Presented by Tobias Salz (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Jos Van Ommeren (VU University Amsterdam)
• Martin Adler, Federica Liberini, Antonio Russo, Jos Van Ommeren
  Road congestion and public transit
  Presented by Jos Van Ommeren (VU University Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Christopher Severen (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 11, Room 1101)
03D. Internal migrations

Chair: Ahmet Ali Taskin (Ulm University)

• Jaqueline Oliveira, Paula Pereda
  Climate Change and Migration in Brazil
  Presented by Jaqueline Oliveira (Rhodes college)
  Discussed by Sewin Chan (New York University)
• Sewin Chan, Katherine O'Regan, Wei You
  Labor Market and Residential Adjustment on Multiple Margins: the Role of Migration and Parental Coresidence
  Presented by Sewin Chan (New York University)
  Discussed by Maria Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
• Maria Hansen
  Evidence on Dual-Earner Households' Home and Job Location Decisions
  Presented by Maria Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
  Discussed by Ahmet Ali Taskin (Ulm University)
• Bulent Guler, Ahmet Ali Taskin
  Dual Income Couples and the Decline in Interstate Migration
  Presented by Ahmet Ali Taskin (Ulm University)
  Discussed by Jaqueline Oliveira (Rhodes college)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 11, Room 1120)
03E. Local education II

Chair: Hugh Macartney (Duke University)

• Filippo Boeri
  High-speed Broadband and Educational Achievements
  Presented by Filippo Boeri (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Anna Piil Damm (Aarhus University)
• Anna Piil Damm, Ahmad Hassani
  Does Growing Up in Social Housing Affect Schooling?
  Presented by Anna Piil Damm (Aarhus University)
  Discussed by Francesco Berlingieri (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim)
• Francesco Berlingieri, Christina Gathmann, Verena Lauber
  College Openings and Local Economic Development
  Presented by Francesco Berlingieri (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim)
  Discussed by Hugh Macartney (Duke University)
• Hugh Macartney, John Singleton
  School Boards and Student Segregation
  Presented by Hugh Macartney (Duke University)
  Discussed by Filippo Boeri (London School of Economics)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
03F. Regional Economics and Trade I

Chair: Toshitaka Gokan (Institute of Developing Economies)

• Heitor Pellegrina
  Market Access, Agricultural Productivity and Selection in Exporting: Evidence from Colombia
  Presented by Heitor Pellegrina (New York University Abu Dhabi)
  Discussed by Ditte Lyngemark (Kraks Fond)
• Ditte Lyngemark, Ismir Mulalic, Cecilie Weatherall
  The Geography of Foreign Direct Investment’s spillover effects - Evidence from Denmark
  Presented by Ditte Lyngemark (Kraks Fond)
  Discussed by Yuhei Miyauchi (Stanford University)
• Yuhei Miyauchi
  Matching and Agglomeration: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Firm-to-Firm Trade
  Presented by Yuhei Miyauchi (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Jacques Thisse (Universite catholique de Louvain)
• Toshitaka Gokan, Sergey Kichko, Jacques Thisse
  How do trade and communication costs shape the spatial organization of firms?
  Presented by Jacques Thisse (Universite catholique de Louvain)
  Discussed by Heitor Pellegrina (New York University Abu Dhabi)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 9, Room 918)
03G. Housing III

Chair: Hans Koster (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

• Miquel Angel García López, Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Rodrigo Martínez Mazza, Mariona Segú
  Do short-term rent platforms affect rents? Evidence from Airbnb in Barcelona
  Presented by Mariona Segú (Université Paris Sud)
  Discussed by Apostolos Filippas (NYU Stern School of Business)
• Apostolos Filippas, John Horton
  The Tragedy of your Upstairs Neighbors: When is the Home-Sharing Externality Internalized?
  Presented by Apostolos Filippas (NYU Stern School of Business)
  Discussed by Edward Kung (UCLA)
• Edward Kung
  The Sharing Economy and Housing Affordability: Evidence from Airbnb
  Presented by Edward Kung (UCLA)
  Discussed by Hans Koster (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Hans Koster, Jos Van Ommeren, Nicolas Volkhausen
  Short-term rentals and the housing market: Quasi-experimental evidence from Airbnb in Los Angeles
  Presented by Hans Koster (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Mariona Segú (Université Paris Sud)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 10, Room 1027)
03H. Agglomeration economies II

Chair: Miren Lafourcade (University Paris-Sud and Paris School of Economics)

• Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Elisabetta Pietrostefani
  The economic effects of density: A synthesis
  Presented by Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE)
  Discussed by Jordy Meekes (University of Melbourne)
• Jordy Meekes, Wolter Hassink
  Endogenous local labour markets, regional aggregation and agglomeration economies
  Presented by Jordy Meekes (University of Melbourne)
  Discussed by Jorn Rattso (Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology)
• Jorn Rattso, Hildegunn Stokke
  Wage inequality: College premium, economic geography, and private-public sector
  Presented by Hildegunn Stokke (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  Discussed by Miren Lafourcade (University Paris-Sud and Paris School of Economics)
• Pierre-Philippe Combes, Laurent Gobillon, Miren Lafourcade
  Agglomeration Economies and Labor Productivity: What can be expected from the “Greater Paris” automatic rail project?
  Presented by Miren Lafourcade (University Paris-Sud and Paris School of Economics)
  Discussed by Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE)

October 12, 2018 15:30 to 17:30 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
03I. Neighborhoods and externalities I

Chair: David Albouy (University of Illinois)

• Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco, Jeff Weaver
  The Effects of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio
  Presented by Samuel Norris (University of Chicago)
  Discussed by Janjala Chirakijja (Monash University)
• Janjala Chirakijja
  The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons
  Presented by Janjala Chirakijja (Monash University)
  Discussed by Ruchi Singh (University of Georgia)
• Juan Munoz, Ruchi Singh
  Unraveling Place-Based Preferences: Do School Shootings Erode Property Values?
  Presented by Ruchi Singh (University of Georgia)
  Discussed by David Albouy (University of Illinois)
• David Albouy, Peter Christensen, Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri
  Unlocking Amenities: Estimating Public Good Complementarity
  Presented by David Albouy (University of Illinois)
  Discussed by Samuel Norris (University of Chicago)

October 12, 2018 17:45 to 18:45 (Floor 1, Room 104-106, Law building )
Keynote Lecture by Raj Chetty

Chair: Maisy Wong (University of Pennsylvania)

• Raj Chetty
  The Opportunity Atlas: Neighborhoods and Economic Opportunity in America
  Presented by Raj Chetty (Stanford University)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
04A. Schools and Education Policy

Chair: Amanda Ross (The University of Alabama)

• Stephen Billings
  Schools, Neighborhoods, and the Long-Run Effect of Crime-Prone Peers
  Presented by Stephen Billings (University of Colorado)
  Discussed by Amy Schwartz (Syracuse University)
• Amy Schwartz
  The Academic Effects of Chronic Exposure to Neighborhood Violence
  Presented by Amy Schwartz (Syracuse University)
  Discussed by Eric Brunner (University of Connecticut)
• Eric Brunner
  School Finance Reforms, Teachers’ Unions, and the Allocation of School Resources
  Presented by Eric Brunner (University of Connecticut)
  Discussed by Amanda Ross (The University of Alabama)
• Michael Finnegan, Erik Johnson, Laura Razzolini, Amanda Ross
  A Second Stand in the Schoolhouse Door: Are Public Schools Resegregating?
  Presented by Amanda Ross (The University of Alabama)
  Discussed by Stephen Billings (University of Colorado)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 4, Room 410)
04B. Technology and Innovation Spillovers

Chair: Matthew Ross (New York University/ NBER)

• Jan Eeckhout, Christoph Hedtrich, Roberto Pinheiro
  Automation, Spatial Sorting, and Job Polarization
  Presented by Roberto Pinheiro (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
  Discussed by Gerald Marschke (SUNY Albany)
• Erling Barth, James Davis, Richard Freeman, Gerald Marschke, Andrew Wang
  R&D Spillovers and Labor Mobility
  Presented by James Davis (U.S. Census Bureau)
  Discussed by Enrico Berkes (Northwestern University)
• Enrico Berkes, Ruben Gaetani
  The Geography of Unconventional Innovation
  Presented by Enrico Berkes (Northwestern University)
  Discussed by Matthew Ross (New York University/ NBER)
• Matthew Ross, Akina Ikudo, Joe Staudt, Julia Lane, Bruce Weinberg
  Is the Mobility of Highly Skilled Workers a Conduit for Innovation Spillovers from the Academy?
  Presented by Matthew Ross (New York University/ NBER)
  Discussed by Roberto Pinheiro (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 4, Room 404)
04C. Neighborhoods and externalities II

Chair: Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)

• Justin Gallagher, Daniel Hartley, Shawn Rohlin
  Weathering an Unexpected Financial Shock: The Role of Federal Cash Grants on Household Finance and Business Growth following a Natural Disaster
  Presented by Justin Gallagher (Case Western Reserve University)
  Discussed by Cecilie Weatherall (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)
• Bence Boje-Kovacs, Cecilie Weatherall
  The Impact of Immigrant Concentration on Mental Health - Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Public Social Housing Program
  Presented by Cecilie Weatherall (Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research)
  Discussed by Barry Scholnick (Univ. of Alberta)
• Barry Scholnick
  Does the Relative Income of Peers Cause Financial Distress? Evidence from Lottery Winners and Neighboring Bankruptcies
  Presented by Barry Scholnick (Univ. of Alberta)
  Discussed by Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)
• Stephen L Ross
  The Effects of Negative Equity on Children’s Educational Outcomes
  Presented by Stephen L Ross (University of Connecticut)
  Discussed by Justin Gallagher (Case Western Reserve University)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 4, Room 405-A)
04D. History and Urban Economics

Chair: Antonio Accetturo (Banca d'Italia)

• Ruixue Jia
  The Oriental City: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000
  Presented by Ruixue Jia (UCSD)
  Discussed by Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna)
• Matteo Cervellati, Sara Lazzaroni, Giovanni Prarolo, Paolo Vanin
  Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development: Theory and Evidence for Europe 1000-1850
  Presented by Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna)
  Discussed by Tchapo Gbandi (UPPA)
• Fabien Candau, Tchapo Gbandi
  First and Second Nature of Urban Giants
  Presented by Tchapo Gbandi (UPPA)
  Discussed by Antonio Accetturo (Banca d'Italia)
• Antonio Accetturo
  Pirate Attacks and the Shape of the Italian Urban System
  Presented by Antonio Accetturo (Banca d'Italia)
  Discussed by Ruixue Jia (UCSD)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
04E. Housing IV

Chair: John Clapp (University of Connecticut)

• Erik Johnson, Thies Lindenthal
  Machine Learning, Building Vintage and Property Values
  Presented by Erik Johnson (University of Alabama)
  Discussed by Jordan Martel (University of Colorado)
• Jordan Martel
  Quality Uncertainty in Housing Markets
  Presented by Jordan Martel (University of Colorado)
  Discussed by Jing Li (Singapore Management University)
• Sumit Agarwal, Yanying Chen, Jing Li, Yi Jin Tan
  Hedonic Price of Housing Space
  Presented by Jing Li (Singapore Management University)
  Discussed by Stephen Sheppard (Williams College)
• Richard Rijnks, Stephen Sheppard
  Occupant Well-Being and House Values
  Presented by Stephen Sheppard (Williams College)
  Discussed by Erik Johnson (University of Alabama)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 4, Room 402-B)
04F. Transportation III

Chair: Siqi Zheng (MIT)

• Simon Alder, Illenin Kondo
  Political Distortions and Infrastructure Networks in China: A Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium Analysis
  Presented by Simon Alder (University of North Carolina at Chapel H)
  Discussed by Dustin Frye (Vassar College)
• Dustin Frye
  Going Off the Rails: The Effect of Railroad Abandonments on Population and Industrial Decline
  Presented by Dustin Frye (Vassar College)
  Discussed by Ismir Mulalic (Kraks Fond)
• Ismir Mulalic, Jan Rouwendal
  Commuting, public transport investments and gentrification Evidence from Copenhagen
  Presented by Ismir Mulalic (Kraks Fond)
  Discussed by Siqi Zheng (MIT)
• Xiaofang Dong, Matthew Kahn, Siqi Zheng
  The Role of Transportation Speed in Facilitating High Skilled Teamwork
  Presented by Siqi Zheng (MIT)
  Discussed by Simon Alder (University of North Carolina at Chapel H)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 4, Room 409)
04G. Regional Economics and Trade II

Chair: Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, UPF, IPEG and Barcelona GSE)

• Klaus Desmet, Robert Kopp, Scott Kulp, David Nagy, Michael Oppenheimer, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Benjamin Strauss
  Evaluating the Economic Cost of Coastal Flooding
  Presented by David Nagy (CREI)
  Discussed by A. Kerem Cosar (University of Virginia)
• A. Kerem Cosar, Banu Demir, Devaki Ghose, Nathaniel Young
  Road Capacity, Domestic Trade and Regional Outcomes
  Presented by A. Kerem Cosar (University of Virginia)
  Discussed by David Nagy (CREI)
• Yuan Tian
  International Trade Liberalization and Domestic Institutional Reform: Effects of WTO Accession on Chinese Internal Migration Policy
  Presented by Yuan Tian (UCLA)
  Discussed by Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, UPF, IPEG and Barcelona GSE)
• Gino Gancia, Giacomo Ponzetto, Jaume Ventura
  Globalization and Political Structure
  Presented by Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, UPF, IPEG and Barcelona GSE)
  Discussed by Yuan Tian (UCLA)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
04H. Housing V

Chair: Lu Han (University of Toronto)

• Jeffrey Zabel, Allison Wainer
  Wealth Accumulation and Mortgage Distress for Low-Income Homeowners
  Presented by Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)
  Discussed by Athena Tsouderou (IE Business School)
• Pedro Gete, Athena Tsouderou, Susan Wachter, Franco Zecchetto
  Private Capital and Mortgage Stress. Evidence from Hurricanes and the Credit Risk Transfers
  Presented by Athena Tsouderou (IE Business School)
  Discussed by Mathilde POULHES (SciencesPo-Crest-SOeS)
• Mathilde POULHES, Marion Bachelet
  Increasing Housing Transfer Taxes: Buy Now or Foot the Bill Later
  Presented by Mathilde POULHES (SciencesPo-Crest-SOeS)
  Discussed by Lu Han (University of Toronto)
• Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Lu Han
  The Microgeography of Housing Supply
  Presented by Lu Han (University of Toronto)
  Discussed by Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)

October 13, 2018 8:00 to 10:00 (Floor 4, Room 403)
04I. Cities in Developing Countries I

Chair: Remi Jedwab (George Washington University)

• Pierre Picard, Harris Selod
  The conversion of customary land in the cities of developing countries
  Presented by Harris Selod (The World Bank)
  Discussed by Junfu Zhang (Clark University)
• Shihe Fu, Xiaocong Xu, Junfu Zhang
  Land Conversion and Misallocation across Cities in China
  Presented by Junfu Zhang (Clark University)
  Discussed by Arya Gaduh (University of Arkansas)
• Andrea Civelli, Arya Gaduh
  Determinants of Urban Sprawl: Evidence from Indonesia
  Presented by Arya Gaduh (University of Arkansas)
  Discussed by Anthony Yezer (George Washington University)
• Remi Jedwab, Prakash Loungani, Anthony Yezer
  Does Population Reflect City Size? Theory and Evidence from Within and Across Rich and Poor Countries
  Presented by Anthony Yezer (George Washington University)
  Discussed by Harris Selod (The World Bank)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
05A. Spatial frictions

Chair: Stephen Redding (Princeton University)

• Costas Arkolakis, Sun Kyoung Lee, Michael Peters
  European Immigrants and the United States’ Rise to the Technological Frontier
  Presented by Costas Arkolakis (Yale University)
  Discussed by Ferdinando Monte (Georgetown University )
• Sumit AgarwalBrad Jensen, Ferdinando Monte
  The Geography of Consumption
  Presented by Ferdinando Monte (Georgetown University )
  Discussed by Melanie Morten (Stanford University)
• Treb Allen, Caue Dobbin, Melanie Morten
  Border Walls
  Presented by Melanie Morten (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Stephen Redding (Princeton University)
• Stephan Heblich, Stephen Redding, Daniel Sturm
  The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London
  Presented by Stephen Redding (Princeton University)
  Discussed by Costas Arkolakis (Yale University)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 4, Room 410)
05B. Slums, housing, and land markets

Chair: Mariaflavia Harari (University of Pennsylvania)

• Vernon Henderson
  Building the city: Urban transition and institutional frictions
  Presented by Vernon Henderson (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Daniel Da Mata (IPEA)
• Daniel Da Mata, Lucas Mation
  Labor Market Effects of Public Housing: Evidence from Large-Scale Lotteries
  Presented by Daniel Da Mata (IPEA)
  Discussed by Simon Franklin (London School of Economics)
• Simon Franklin
  Slums to Failed Estates? Evidence from a lottery for low-cost housing in Ethiopia
  Presented by Simon Franklin (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Mariaflavia Harari (University of Pennsylvania)
• Mariaflavia Harari, Maisy Wong
  "Slum Upgrading and Long-Run Urban Development: Evidence from Indonesia"
  Presented by Mariaflavia Harari (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Vernon Henderson (London School of Economics)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 4, Room 404)
05C. Immigration

Chair: Joan Monras (CEMFI)

• Dario Diodato, Frank Neffke
  Experienced Return Migrants and their Impact on Employment and Wages in Mexico
  Presented by Dario Diodato (Harvard University)
  Discussed by Ozge Oner (University of Cambridge)
• Ozge Oner, Dieter Pennerstorfer
  When Weak Ties are Strong: Ethnic Enclaves, Information Frictions, and Labor Market Sorting of Immigrants
  Presented by Ozge Oner (University of Cambridge)
  Discussed by Christoph Albert (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
• Christoph Albert, Joan Monras
  Immigrants' Residential Choices and Their Consequences
  Presented by Christoph Albert (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
  Discussed by Dario Diodato (Harvard University)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 4, Room 405-A)
05D. Agglomeration economies III

Chair: David Cuberes (Clark University)

• Shawn Kantor, Alexander Whalley
  Space Race Technology and the Impact on Jobs in U.S. Cities
  Presented by Shawn Kantor (Florida State University)
  Discussed by Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (McGill University)
• Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, Ronni Pavan
  Local Productivity Spillovers
  Presented by Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (McGill University)
  Discussed by Rui Du (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Siqi Zheng, Rui Du
  Entrepreneurship and Housing Affordability: Evidence from the Public Rental Housing Accessibility in Beijing
  Presented by Rui Du (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  Discussed by David Cuberes (Clark University)
• David Cuberes, Klaus Desmet, Jordan Rappaport
  Urban Growth Shadows
  Presented by David Cuberes (Clark University)
  Discussed by Shawn Kantor (Florida State University)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
05E. Local public finance II

Chair: Ryan Gallagher (Northeastern Illinois University)

• Ines Helm, Jan Stuhler
  The Dynamic Response of Municipal Fiscal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
  Presented by Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
  Discussed by Dirk Foremny (University of Barcelona / I.E.B.)
• Dirk Foremny, Claudio Ferraz, Juan Francisco Santini
  Revenue Shocks and Fiscal Capacity: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
  Presented by Dirk Foremny (University of Barcelona / I.E.B.)
  Discussed by David Schönholzer (UC Berkeley)
• David Schönholzer, Calvin Zhang
  ​​Valuing Local Public Goods using Municipal Annexations
  Presented by David Schönholzer (UC Berkeley)
  Discussed by Ryan Gallagher (Northeastern Illinois University)
• Ryan Gallagher
  The Impact of Racial Segregation on Local Public Expenditures: Evidence from City and School Governments, 1960 - 2010
  Presented by Ryan Gallagher (Northeastern Illinois University)
  Discussed by Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 4, Room 402-B)
05F. Housing VI

Chair: Amine Ouazad (HEC Montreal)

• Benedikt Vogt, Matteo Millone, Remco Mocking, Wolter Hassink
  Collateral Damage? - Decreasing House Prices and Entrepreneurial Lending
  Presented by Benedikt Vogt (CPB - Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
  Discussed by Gabor Pinter (Bank of England)
• Saleem Bahaj, Angus Foulis, Gabor Pinter
  Home Values and Firm Behaviour
  Presented by Gabor Pinter (Bank of England)
  Discussed by Greg Howard (University of Illinois)
• Greg Howard, Carl Liebersohn
  The Geography Channel of House Price Appreciation
  Presented by Greg Howard (University of Illinois)
  Discussed by Amine Ouazad (HEC Montreal)
• Amine Ouazad, Matthew Kahn
  Household Beliefs and Optimal Mortgage Choice When Facing Rising Climate Risk
  Presented by Amine Ouazad (HEC Montreal)
  Discussed by Benedikt Vogt (CPB - Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 4, Room 409)
05G. Housing VII

Chair: Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)

• Eduardo Davila, Theresa Kuchler, Johannes Stroebel
  House Price Beliefs and Mortgage Leverage Choice
  Presented by Theresa Kuchler (NYU Stern School of Business)
  Discussed by Erling Røed Larsen (Eiendomsverdi)
• Erling Røed Larsen
  The most wonderful time of the year? Thin markets, house price seasonality, and the December discount
  Presented by Erling Røed Larsen (Eiendomsverdi)
  Discussed by William Larson (Federal Housing Finance Agency)
• Paul Carrillo, William Doerner, William Larson
  House Price Markups and Mortgage Defaults
  Presented by William Larson (Federal Housing Finance Agency)
  Discussed by Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
• Stuart Rosenthal
  Owned Now Rented Later? Housing Stock Transitions and Market Dynamics
  Presented by Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse University)
  Discussed by Theresa Kuchler (NYU Stern School of Business)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
05H. Neighborhoods and externalities III

Chair: Kristian Behrens (Université du Québec à Montréal)

• Nicolás González Pampillón, Jordi Jofre-Monseny
  Are high minority neighborhoods dynamically stable?
  Presented by Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)
  Discussed by Peter Christensen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
• Peter Christensen, Christopher Timmins
  Sorting or Steering: Experimental Evidence on the Economic Effects of Housing Discrimination
  Presented by Peter Christensen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
  Discussed by Peter Q. Blair (Clemson University)
• Peter Q. Blair
  Outside Options (Now) More Important than Race in Explaining Tipping Points in US Neighborhoods
  Presented by Peter Q. Blair (Clemson University)
  Discussed by Kristian Behrens (Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Kristian Behrens, Oualid Moussouni
  Does history matter for choosing your neighbors? Evidence from Canadian cities
  Presented by Kristian Behrens (Université du Québec à Montréal)
  Discussed by Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)

October 13, 2018 10:30 to 12:30 (Floor 4, Room 403)
05I. Urbanization and urban systems

Chair: Kurt Schmidheiny (University of Basel)

• Yannis Ioannides, Emmanouil Tranos
  Ubiquitous Digital Technologies and Spatial Structure: A Preliminary Update
  Presented by Yannis Ioannides (Tufts University)
  Discussed by Remi Jedwab (George Washington University)
• Remi Jedwab, Prakash Loungani, Anthony Yezer
  Modern Urban Technology and the Future of the New Urban Giants
  Presented by Remi Jedwab (George Washington University)
  Discussed by Kurt Schmidheiny (University of Basel)
• Vernon Henderson, Ulrich Eberle, Dominic Rohner, Kurt Schmidheiny
  Ethnic Diversity and City Size
  Presented by Kurt Schmidheiny (University of Basel)
  Discussed by Yannis Ioannides (Tufts University)

October 13, 2018 13:30 to 14:30 (Floor 4, Room 417: Altschul Auditorium )
Keynote Lecture by Edward Glaeser

Chair: Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)

• Edward Glaeser
  The Geography of Joblessness in the US
  Presented by Edward Glaeser (Harvard University)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
06A. Cities in developing countries II

Chair: Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon and Sciences Po)

• Asif Islam, Remi Jedwab, Paul Romer, Daniel Pereira
  Returns to Experience and the Sectoral and Spatial Misallocation of Labor
  Presented by Paul Romer (New York University)
  Discussed by Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon and Sciences Po)
• Pierre-Philippe Combes, Sylvie Démurger, Li Shi, Jianguo Wang
  Unequal Productivity Gains in Urban China
  Presented by Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Lyon and Sciences Po)
  Discussed by Paul Romer (New York University)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 4, Room 410)
06B. Gentrification

Chair: Davin Reed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

• Victor Couture, Cecile Gaubert, Jessie Handbury, Erik Hurst
  The Welfare Implications of Urban Gentrification
  Presented by Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)
  Discussed by Ingrid Gould Ellen (New York University)
• Kacie Dragan, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Sherry Glied
  Does Gentrification Displace the Poor? New Evidence from Medicaid Data in New York City
  Presented by Ingrid Gould Ellen (New York University)
  Discussed by Yichen Su (Stanford University)
• Yichen Su
  The Rising Value of Time and the Origin of Urban Gentrification
  Presented by Yichen Su (Stanford University)
  Discussed by Davin Reed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Quentin Brummet, Davin Reed
  The Effects of Gentrification on Original Neighborhood Residents: Evidence from Longitudinal Census Microdata
  Presented by Davin Reed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  Discussed by Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 4, Room 404)
06C. Agglomeration economies IV

Chair: Tomoya Mori (Kyoto University)

• Jorge De la Roca, Daniel Velásquez
  Mining investment and agglomeration: the impact of exploration on the local economy
  Presented by Jorge De la Roca (University of Southern California.)
  Discussed by Paolo Zacchia (IMT Lucca)
• Paolo Zacchia
  The Long Run Effects of R&D Place-based Policies: Evidence from Russian Science Cities
  Presented by Paolo Zacchia (IMT Lucca)
  Discussed by Wei Yang Tham (The Ohio State University)
• Wei Yang Tham
  The Effect of Temporary Colocation on Collaboration and Knowledge Flows: Evidence from NIH Study Sections
  Presented by Wei Yang Tham (The Ohio State University)
  Discussed by Tomoya Mori (Kyoto University)
• Tomoya Mori, Shosei Sakaguchi
  Collaborative knowledge creation: Evidence from Japanese patent data
  Presented by Tomoya Mori (Kyoto University)
  Discussed by Jorge De la Roca (University of Southern California.)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 4, Room 405-A)
06D. Housing VIII

Chair: Nicolás González Pampillón (Universitat de Barcelona)

• Catarina Alvarez, João Santos
  Property Tax and Real Estate Value: A Natural Experiment from Portugal
  Presented by Catarina Alvarez (NOVA School of Business and Economics)
  Discussed by Marko Terviö (Aalto University)
• Niku Määttänen, Marko Terviö
  Welfare Effects of Housing Transaction Taxes
  Presented by Marko Terviö (Aalto University)
  Discussed by Teemu Lyytikäinen (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
• Essi Eerola, Oskari Harjunen, Teemu Lyytikäinen, Tuukka Saarimaa
  Transfer Taxes and Household Mobility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
  Presented by Teemu Lyytikäinen (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
  Discussed by Nicolás González Pampillón (Universitat de Barcelona)
• Nicolás González Pampillón
  Spillover effects from a place-based housing subsidy
  Presented by Nicolás González Pampillón (Universitat de Barcelona)
  Discussed by Catarina Alvarez (NOVA School of Business and Economics)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
06E. Local Public Finance III

Chair: Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley (Kent State University)

• Matthias Wrede
  Decentralization of nursing-home regulation
  Presented by Matthias Wrede (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-)
  Discussed by Steven Craig (University of Houston)
• Steven Craig
  Inequality in Public School Expenditures Across Space and Time
  Presented by Steven Craig (University of Houston)
  Discussed by Daniel Heuermann (University of Regensburg)
• Daniel Heuermann, Gregor Pfeifer
  Infrastructure and Business Taxes
  Presented by Daniel Heuermann (University of Regensburg)
  Discussed by Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley (Kent State University)
• Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley, Shawn Rohlin, Jeffrey Thompson
  Food Sales Taxes and Employment
  Presented by Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley (Kent State University)
  Discussed by Matthias Wrede (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 4, Room 402-B)
06F. Neighborhoods and externalities IV

Chair: Mark Kutzbach (FDIC)

• Elliot Anenberg, Chun Kuang, Edward Kung
  Social Learning as a Channel for Consumption Agglomeration: Evidence from Yelp
  Presented by Elliot Anenberg (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Konstantin Buechel (University of Bern)
• Konstantin Buechel, Maximilian von Ehrlich
  Cities and the Structure of Social Interactions: Evidence from Mobile Phone Data
  Presented by Konstantin Buechel (University of Bern)
  Discussed by Mark Kutzbach (FDIC)
• Brian Asquith, Judith Hellerstein, Mark Kutzbach, David Neumark
  Social Capital and Labor Market Networks
  Presented by Mark Kutzbach (FDIC)
  Discussed by Chun Kuang (East Carolina University)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 4, Room 409)
06G. Housing IX

Chair: Holger Sieg (University of Pennsylvania)

• guillaume chapelle
  Does Social housing crowd out private construction ?
  Presented by Guillaume Chapelle (Universitat de Barcelona, IEB)
  Discussed by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (New York University)
• Jack Favilukis, Pierre Mabille, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
  Affordable Housing and City Welare
  Presented by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (New York University)
  Discussed by John Humphries (Yale University)
• John Humphries, Nicholas MaderDaniel Tannenbaum, Winnie van Dijk
  Does eviction cause poverty? Quasi-experimental evidencefrom Cook County, IL
  Presented by John Humphries (Yale University)
  Discussed by Holger Sieg (University of Pennsylvania)
• Holger Sieg, Chamna Yoon
  Waiting for Affordable Housing
  Presented by Chamna Yoon (SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU))
  Discussed by Guillaume Chapelle (Universitat de Barcelona, IEB)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
06H. Transportation IV

Chair: Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)

• Francis Ostermeijer, Hans Koster, Jos Van Ommeren
  Autonomous vehicles, residential parking prices and car demand
  Presented by Francis Ostermeijer (VU Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Peter Christensen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
• Amanda Ang, Peter Christensen, Renato Vieira
  ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF SPEED LIMIT CHANGES IN A METROPOLITAN AREA OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD
  Presented by Peter Christensen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
  Discussed by Jan Wickerath (Ruhr Graduate School in Economics)
• Tobias Seidel, Jan Wickerath
  Rush Hours and Urbanization
  Presented by Jan Wickerath (Ruhr Graduate School in Economics)
  Discussed by Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)
• Stephan Fretz, Raphael Parchet, Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
  Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting
  Presented by Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)
  Discussed by Francis Ostermeijer (VU Amsterdam)

October 13, 2018 14:45 to 16:45 (Floor 4, Room 403)
06I. New Data and Methods for Urban Economics Research

Chair: Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School)

• Prottoy Akbar, Victor Couture, Gilles Duranton, Adam Storeygard
  Accessibility and Agglomeration in Urban India
  Presented by Adam Storeygard (Tufts University)
  Discussed by Michael Gechter (Pennsylvania State University)
• Michael Gechter, Nick Tsivanidis
  Efficiency and Equity of Land Policy in Developing Country Cities: Evidence from the Mumbai Mills Redevelopment
  Presented by Michael Gechter (Pennsylvania State University)
  Discussed by Abhishek Nagaraj (UC Berkeley)
• Abhishek Nagaraj
  Information Seeding and Knowledge Production in Online Communities: Evidence from OpenStreetMap
  Presented by Abhishek Nagaraj (UC Berkeley)
  Discussed by Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School)
• Amit Khandelwal
  Using Satellite Imagery to Define Urban Markets: Evidence from India", by Ran Goldblatt
  Presented by Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School)
  Discussed by Adam Storeygard (Tufts University)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 15, Room 1501)
07A. Housing XI

Chair: Morris Davis (Rutgers Business School, Rutgers Univers)

• Leah Brooks, Zachary Liscow
  Infrastructure Costs
  Presented by Leah Brooks (Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & P)
  Discussed by Christian Hilber (London School of Economics)
• Christian Hilber, Olivier Schoeni, Maximilian von Ehrlich
  Political Fragmentation and Residential Development
  Presented by Christian Hilber (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Anthony Orlando (University of Southern California)
• Anthony Orlando, Christian Redfearn
  What's Lost in the Aggregate: Lessons from a Local Index of Housing Supply Elasticities
  Presented by Anthony Orlando (University of Southern California)
  Discussed by Morris Davis (Rutgers Business School, Rutgers Univers)
• Morris Davis, Stephen Oliner, Tobias Peter, Edward Pinto
  The Impact of Federal Housing Policy on Housing Demand and Homeownership: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
  Presented by Morris Davis (Rutgers Business School, Rutgers Univers)
  Discussed by Leah Brooks (Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & P)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 4, Room 410)
07B. Neighborhoods and externalities V

Chair: Thomas Davidoff (University of British Columbia)

• Kristian Behrens, Brahim Boualam, Julien Martin, Florian Mayneris
  Gentrification and pioneer businesses
  Presented by Florian Mayneris (ESG-Université du Québec à Montréal)
  Discussed by Yifan Ye (Boston University)
• Yifan Ye, Charles Becker
  Moving Mountains: Geography, Neighborhood Sorting, and Spatial Income Segregation
  Presented by Yifan Ye (Boston University)
  Discussed by Allison Shertzer (University of Pittsburgh)
• Prottoy Akbar, Sijie Li, Allison Shertzer, Randall Walsh
  Containment and Tactical Retreat: Blockbusting in Urban Neighborhoods
  Presented by Allison Shertzer (University of Pittsburgh)
  Discussed by Thomas Davidoff (University of British Columbia)
• Thomas Davidoff, Andrey Pavlov, Tsur Somerville
  Not In My Neighbor’s Back Yard: External Effects of Density
  Presented by Thomas Davidoff (University of British Columbia)
  Discussed by Florian Mayneris (ESG-Université du Québec à Montréal)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 4, Room 404)
07C. Cities in developing countries III

Chair: Julien Martin (Université du Québec à Montréal)

• Daniel Pereira, Remi Jedwab, Dietrich Vollrath
  Cities of Workers vs. Cities of Children: Age Structure and Economic Growth in Cities Across the World
  Presented by Daniel Pereira (GWU)
  Discussed by Yi Jiang (Asian Development Bank)
• Rana Hasan, Yi Jiang, Radine Rafols
  Place-based Preferential Tax Policy and its Spatial Effects: Evidence from India’s Program on Industrially Backward Districts
  Presented by Yi Jiang (Asian Development Bank)
  Discussed by Julien Martin (Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Julien Martin, Florian Mayneris, Ewane Theophile
  The price of remoteness: Evidence from Ethiopia
  Presented by Julien Martin (Université du Québec à Montréal)
  Discussed by Daniel Pereira (GWU)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 4, Room 405-A)
07D. Local economic activity

Chair: Richard Mansfield (University of Colorado-Boulder)

• Edward Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim, Michael Luca
  Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity
  Presented by Hyunjin Kim (Harvard Business School)
  Discussed by Benjamin Smith (UCLA)
• Benjamin Smith
  The Role of Labor Market Entry and Exports in Sorting: Evidence from West Germany
  Presented by Benjamin Smith (UCLA)
  Discussed by Ephraim Karsagi (Texas A&M University)
• Ephraim Karsagi
  Competition Dynamics in Retail Auto Sales: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Local Dealerships
  Presented by Ephraim Karsagi (Texas A&M University)
  Discussed by Richard Mansfield (University of Colorado-Boulder)
• Richard Mansfield
  How Local Are U.S. Labor Markets?: Using an Assignment Model to Forecast the Geographic and Skill Incidence of Local Labor Demand Shocks
  Presented by Richard Mansfield (University of Colorado-Boulder)
  Discussed by Hyunjin Kim (Harvard Business School)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 15, Room 1510)
07E. Housing X

Chair: Anthony DeFusco (Northwestern University)

• Raoul Minetti, Tao Peng
  Keeping up with the Zhangs and House Price Dynamics in China
  Presented by Tao Peng (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
  Discussed by Jordan Martel (University of Colorado)
• Jordan Martel, Francisco Morales
  Currency Controls, Safe Assets, and Housing Markets
  Presented by Jordan Martel (University of Colorado)
  Discussed by Scott Wentland (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
• Jeremy Moulton, Scott Wentland
  Monetary Policy and the Housing Market: Evidence from National Microdata
  Presented by Scott Wentland (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  Discussed by Anthony DeFusco (Northwestern University)
• Anthony DeFusco, John Mondragon
  No Job, No Money, No Refi: Frictions to Refinancing in a Recession
  Presented by Anthony DeFusco (Northwestern University)
  Discussed by Tao Peng (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 4, Room 402-B)
07F. Amenities II

Chair: Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics)

• Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri, Nicolas Bottan, Andres Ham
  Can’t Stop the One-Armed Bandits, The Effects of Access to Gambling on Crime
  Presented by Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri (University of Illinois)
  Discussed by Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi (Columbia University)
• Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi
  The environmental and distributional consequences of emissions markets: evidence from the Clean Air Interstate Rule
  Presented by Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi (Columbia University)
  Discussed by Joris Klingen (VU Amsterdam)
• Joris Klingen, Jos Van Ommeren
  Ozone Pollution and Physical Effort: Evidence from Cyclists in London
  Presented by Joris Klingen (VU Amsterdam)
  Discussed by Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics)
• Felipe Carozzi
  Dirty Density: Air Quality and the Density of American Cities
  Presented by Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics)
  Discussed by Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri (University of Illinois)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 4, Room 409)
07G. Urban theory

Chair: Nathan Seegert (University of Utah)

• Sergey Kichko
  Competition, Land Price, and City Size
  Presented by Sergey Kichko (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
  Discussed by Jun Yoshida (Tohoku University)
• Jun Yoshida, Tatsuhito Kono
  Land use policies for biodiversity
  Presented by Jun Yoshida (Tohoku University)
  Discussed by Stephen Coate (Cornell University)
• Levon Barseghyan, Stephen Coate
  Community Development by Public Wealth Accumulation
  Presented by Stephen Coate (Cornell University)
  Discussed by Nathan Seegert (University of Utah)
• Kristian Behrens, Nathan Seegert
  Rushing to Opportunity: A model of Entrepreneurship and City Growth
  Presented by Nathan Seegert (University of Utah)
  Discussed by Sergey Kichko (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 15, Room 1512)
07H. Firms, labour and the city

Chair: Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)

• Dominick Bartelme, Oren Ziv
  The Internal Geography of Firms
  Presented by Dominick Bartelme (University of Michigan)
  Discussed by Camilo Acosta Mejia (University of Toronto)
• Camilo Acosta Mejia, Ditte Lyngemark
  The Spatial Internal Organization of Firms: Evidence from Denmark
  Presented by Camilo Acosta Mejia (University of Toronto)
  Discussed by Daniel Broxterman (Florida State University)
• Daniel Broxterman, Anthony Yezer
  Measuring Human Capital Divergence in a Growing Economy: Do Differences Deceive?
  Presented by Daniel Broxterman (Florida State University)
  Discussed by Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)
• Donald Davis, Eric Mengus, Tomasz Michalski
  Labor market polarization and agglomeration
  Presented by Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)
  Discussed by Dominick Bartelme (University of Michigan)

October 13, 2018 17:15 to 19:15 (Floor 4, Room 403)
07I. Residential Mortgages

Chair: Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University)

• Laurie Goodman, Walt Scott, Jun Zhu
  How Beneficial are Streamlined Modifications:The Fannie Mae Experience
  Presented by Laurie Goodman (Urban Institute)
  Discussed by Neil Bhutta (Federal Reserve Board)
• Neil Bhutta
  Do Minorities Still Pay More for Mortgages?
  Presented by Neil Bhutta (Federal Reserve Board)
  Discussed by Jaclene Begley (Fannie Mae)
• Jaclene Begley, Hamilton Fout, Michael LaCour-Little, Nuno Mota
  Innovation in Mortgage Product Design to Reflect New Socioeconomic Realities
  Presented by Jaclene Begley (Fannie Mae)
  Discussed by Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University)
• Stephanie Moulton, Matthew Record, Erik Hembre
  Low Income Homeownership and the Role of State Housing Finance Agencies: A Comparative Analysis of Loan Performance
  Presented by Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University)
  Discussed by Laurie Goodman (Urban Institute)