In recent years there has been tremendous progress in the use of structural econometric models for policy evaluation and analysis. This conference brought together leaders and experts from a variety of related areas, ranging from methodological areas, such as econometrics, statistics and causal inference, to applied areas, including environmental economics, energy policy and regulation, public finance, and international trade policy.
Agenda
Registration and Breakfast
SESSION 1
Chair
Jeremy Fox, Rice University
Recent Developments in Climate Change Adaptation Research
Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California
Does Racial Bias Distort Neighborhood Choice? The Impacts of Discrimination on Welfare and Revealed Preference in the Rental Housing Market
Chris Timmins, Duke University
Short-Run and Long-Run Impacts of Environmental Regulations on the U.S. Electricity Sector from 1938-1999
Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University
BREAK
SESSION 2
Chair
Andres Santos, University of California, Los Angeles
Market Power and Incentive-based Capacity Payment Mechanisms
Shaun McRae, ITAM
Multi-Unit Auctions: Some Practical Insights
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University
Quantifying market distortions of real estate agents
Seung-Hyun Hong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
LUNCH
SESSION 3
Chair
Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology
Quantitative Analysis of Multi-Party Tariff Negotiations
Robert Staiger, Dartmouth College
Measuring and Encouraging Novelty in Research
Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University
An Empirical Framework for Sequential Assignment: The Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys
Paulo Somaini, Stanford University
BREAK
SESSION 4
Chair
Azeem Shaikh, University of Chicago
Hui: A Case Study of a Sequential Double Auction of Capital
Harry Paarsch, University of Central Florida
Common Values, Unobserved Heterogeneity, and Endogenous Entry in U.S. Offshore Oil Lease Auctions
Philip Haile, Yale University
Fast, “Robust”, and Approximately Correct: Estimating Mixed Demand Systems
Bernard Salanie, Columbia University