2025 Chicago-Princeton Conference on Spatial Economics
The 2025 Chicago-Princeton Spatial Economics Conference will take place on September 12-13, 2025. This conference aims to attract the most novel and interesting work in Spatial Economics and to foster interactions between economists working in all areas that incorporate the analysis of economic activity across space. These areas typically, but not exclusively, include international trade, labor economics, environmental economics, macroeconomics, industrial organization, and urban economics.
This conference is by invitation only. If you have any questions, please contact bfi-events@uchicago.edu.
All times are listed in CST
Agenda
Breakfast
6th Floor Lounge
Location Effects or Sorting? Evidence from Firm Relocation
Benny Kleinman, Stanford University
Break
Spatial Firm Sorting and Local Monopsony Power
Ryungha Oh, University of Chicago
Break
Public and Private Transit: Evidence from Lagos
Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley
Lunch
1st Floor Dining Room
Opportunity in Motion: Equilibrium Effects of a Place-Based Policy on Economic Mobility
Laura Weiwu, University of California, Berkeley
Break
The Economic Geography of American Slavery
Treb Allen, Dartmouth College
Conference Dinner
By invitation only
Breakfast
6th Floor Lounge
Dynamic Urban Economics
Brian Greaney, University of Washington
Break
Land Use and Carbon Emissions Evidence from France (1950-2020)
Cécile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley
Break
Clearing the Air on the Benefits and Costs of Road Infrastructure
Clare Balboni, London School of Economics
Lunch
1st Floor Dining Room