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Chicago-Princeton Conference on Spatial Economics

This conference aimed 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.

Agenda

Friday, September 8, 2023
07:40:00–08:00:00

Breakfast

6th Floor Lounge
08:00:00–09:15:00

Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption

Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University (Presenter)

Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley (Co-author)

09:15:00–09:30:00

Break

09:30:00–10:45:00

Identifying Agglomeration Shadows: Long-run Evidence from Ancient Ports

Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago (Presenter)

Guy Michaels, London School of Economics (Co-author)

Ferdinand Rauch, University of Heidelberg (Co-author)

10:45:00–11:00:00

Break

AM Snacks Served
11:00:00–12:15:00

Did the Rise of the US South Deindustrialize the US North?

Gordon Hanson, Harvard University (Presenter)

René Livas, Harvard University (Co-author)

12:15:00–13:15:00

Lunch

First Floor Dining Room

13:15:00–14:30:00

Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London

Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University (Presenter)

Daniel M. Sturm, London School of Economics (Co-author)

14:30:00–14:45:00

Break

14:45:00–16:00:00

Optimal Urban Transportation Policy: Evidence from Chicago

Milena Almagro, University of Chicago (Presenter)

Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)

Nathaniel Hickok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Co-author)

Felipe Kup, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)

Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Co-author)

16:00:00–16:30:00

Break

PM Snacks Served

16:30:00–17:45:00

On the Spatial Determinants of Educational Access

Francesco Agostinelli, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)

Margaux Luflade, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)

Paolo Martellini, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Presenter)

Saturday, September 9, 2023
08:10:00–08:30:00

Breakfast

6th Floor Lounge
08:30:00–09:45:00

Consumer Search and Firm Location: Theory and Evidence from the Garment Sector in Uganda

Anna Vitali, University College London (Presenter)

09:45:00–10:00:00

Break

AM Snacks Served

10:00:00–11:15:00

Sea Level Rise and Urban Adaptation in Jakarta

Allan Hsiao, Princeton University (Presenter)

11:15:00–11:30:00

Break

11:30:00–12:45:00

Anticipating Climate Change Across the United States

Adrien Bilal, Harvard University (Presenter)

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago (Co-author)

12:45:00–13:45:00

Lunch

First Floor Dining Room

13:45:00

Conference Adjourns

Registration