Urban Economics Association

Program Overview

All times are Eastern Time (US and Canada)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01A. Labor I

Chairs: Ana Moreno-Maldonado (European University Institute), Jorn Rattso (Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology)

• Ana Moreno-Maldonado
  Mums and the City: Female Labour Participation and City Size (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Ana Moreno-Maldonado (European University Institute)
• Stefan Leknes, Jorn Rattso, Hildegunn Stokke
  Labor Market Matching, City Size, and the Education Level of Workers
  Presented by Jorn Rattso (Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology)
• Heesang Ryu
  Human Capital Concentration and Regional Labor Adjustment in Brazil (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Heesang Ryu (ESSEC)
• Rizki Nauli Siregar
  Price Shocks and Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Rizki Nauli Siregar (UC Davis)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01B. Labor and Housing

Chairs: Xianqiang Zou (Renmin University of China), Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)

• Ruozhi Xu, Xianqiang Zou
  Housing Prices Effects on Spousal Age Gap and Delayed Marriage: Evidence from Chinese Housing Boom
  Presented by Xianqiang Zou (Renmin University of China)
• Jeffrey Zabel, Joseph Chance
  Explaining the Decline in U.S. Residential Migration: Have Net Benefits Declined?
  Presented by Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University)
• Filippo Boeri
  Offshoring and Local Labour Markets: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Filippo Boeri (London School of Economics)
• Daniel Ladd
  Correlated Labor Market Risk and Housing Investment (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Daniel Ladd (UC Irvine)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01C. Housing I

Chairs: Maria Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Nikodem Szumilo (UCL - University College London)

• Leonie Ratzke
  Do Cultural Ecosystem Services of Urban Green Spaces Increase with Their Size? A Revealed Preference Assessment of Urban Greenspaces in Hamburg (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Leonie Ratzke (University of Hamburg)
• Tianyun Zhu
  Estimating the Implicit Price Elasticity of the Demand for Neighborhood Amenities: A Hedonic Approach (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Tianyun Zhu (Syracuse University)
• Edward Pinchbeck, Sefi Roth, Nikodem Szumilo, Enrico Vanino
  The Price of Indoor Air Pollution: Evidence from Radon Maps and the Housing Market
  Presented by Nikodem Szumilo (UCL - University College London)
• Maria Hansen, Christopher Timmins
  Connect-The-Dots: Identification of Heterogeneous Marginal Willingness to Pay Functions under Time-Varying Preferences
  Presented by Maria Hansen (University of Copenhagen)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01D. Housing Regulation I

Chairs: Amrita Kulka (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Kensuke Teshima (Hitotsubashi University)

• Evan Soltas
  The Price of Inclusion: Evidence from Housing Developer Behavior (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Evan Soltas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Brendan Shanks
  Land Use Regulations and Housing Development: Evidence from Tax Parcels and Zoning Bylaws in Massachusetts (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Brendan Shanks (University of Munich)
• Junichi Yamasaki, Kentaro Nakajima, Kensuke Teshima
  From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Historical Lot Fragmentation Shapes Tokyo
  Presented by Kensuke Teshima (Hitotsubashi University)
• Amrita Kulka
  Sorting into Neighborhoods: The Role of Minimum Lot Sizes
  Presented by Amrita Kulka (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01E. Externalities & Neighborhood Effects I

Chairs: Prottoy Akbar (University of Pittsburgh), Yulong Wang (Syracuse University)

• Yulong Wang
  Threshold Regression with Nonparametric Sample Splitting
  Presented by Yulong Wang (Syracuse University)
• Prottoy Akbar
  Public Transit Access and Income Segregation
  Presented by Prottoy Akbar (University of Pittsburgh)
• Shuhua He
  Neighborhood Tipping under Heterogeneous Preference for Segregation (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Shuhua He (SUNY at Buffalo and Hunan University)
• Yilin Wu
  The Impact of Density Zoning on Neighbourhood Segregation: Evidence from Mid-Century New York City (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Yilin Wu (Rutgers University)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01F. History I

Chairs: Dafeng Xu (University of Washington), Simon Fuchs (FRB Atlanta)

• Yan Hu
  Civil War, Sea Trade and the Rise of Cities in 19th Century China (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Yan Hu (CEMFI)
• Pawel Janas
  Public Goods Under Financial Distress: Evidence from Cites in the Great Depression (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Pawel Janas (Northwestern University)
• Simon Fuchs
  The Spoils of War: Trade Shocks & Segmented Labor Markets in Spain during WWI
  Presented by Simon Fuchs (FRB Atlanta)
• Dafeng Xu
  Separate from the Separated City: Transportation Geography and Political Economy behind Slavic Emigration from the Austro-Hungarian Empire
  Presented by Dafeng Xu (University of Washington)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01G. Migration I

Chairs: Lin Ma (National University of Singapore), Ran Song (National University of Singapore)

• Matthias Hoelzlein
  Two-Sided Sorting and Spatial Inequality in Cities (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Matthias Hoelzlein (University of Notre Dame)
• Charly Porcher
  Migration with Costly Information (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Charly Porcher (Princeton University)
• Wenquan Liang, Ran Song, Christopher Timmins
  Frictional Sorting
  Presented by Ran Song (National University of Singapore)
• Wen-Tai Hsu, Lin Ma
  Urbanization Policy and Economic Development: A Quantitative Analysis of China’s Differential Hukou Reforms
  Presented by Lin Ma (National University of Singapore)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01H. Regional Economics & Trade I

Chairs: Javier Quintana Gonzalez (Bank of Spain), Andrei Potlogea (University of Edinburgh)

• Sebastian Ottinger
  Immigrants, Industries, and Path Dependence (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Sebastian Ottinger (UCLA Anderson School of Management)
• Gianandrea Lanzara
  Tourism and Urban Structure: Evidence from Venice (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Gianandrea Lanzara (Bocconi University)
• Alvaro Garcia-Marin, Andrei Potlogea, Nico Voigtlaender, Yang Yang
  Cities, Productivity and Trade
  Presented by Andrei Potlogea (University of Edinburgh)
• Javier Quintana Gonzalez
  Import Competition, Regional Divergence, and the Rise of the Skilled City
  Presented by Javier Quintana Gonzalez (Bank of Spain)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01I. Transportation I

Chairs: Luís Carazza (UFRPE), Filippo Tassinari (University Of Barcelona & IEB)

• Lea Bou Sleiman
  Are car-free centers detrimental to the periphery? Evidence from the pedestrianization of the Parisian riverbank (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Lea Bou Sleiman (Ecole Polytechnique)
• Devi Brands, Joris Klingen, Francis Ostermeijer
  Hands on the Wheel, Eyes on the Phone: The Effect of Smart Phone Usage on Road Safety (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Joris Klingen (VU Amsterdam)
• Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez, Alfonso Herranz-Loncán, Filippo Tassinari, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
  Paving the Way to Urban Growth? Evidence from Bourbon Roads in Spain
  Presented by Filippo Tassinari (University Of Barcelona & IEB)
• Yuri Barreto, Luís Carazza, Raul da Mota Silveira neto
  Uber and Traffic Fatalities: Evidence from Brazilian Cities
  Presented by Luís Carazza (UFRPE)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01J. Credit and Real Estate Cycles

Chairs: Jaime Luque (ESCP Business School), Stephanie Johnson (Rice University)

• Stephanie Johnson
  Financial Technology and the 1990s Housing Boom
  Presented by Stephanie Johnson (Rice University)
• Jaime Luque, Timothy Riddiough
  Credit Scoring and the Mortgage Credit Supply Boom
  Presented by Jaime Luque (ESCP Business School)
• Cameron LaPoint
  You Only Lend Twice: Corporate Borrowing and Land Values in Real Estate Cycles (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Cameron LaPoint (Yale School of Management)
• Samir Mahmoudi
  The Propagation of Local Credit Shocks: Evidence from Hurricane Katrina (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Samir Elsadek Mahmoudi (Georgia State University)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01K. Development I

Chairs: Eloiza Almeida (Federal University of São Paulo), Hugo E. Silva (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

• Kenzo Asahi, Andrea Herrera, Hugo E. Silva
  The Impact of Commuter Market Access on a City's Structural Density: Evidence from a Substantial Investment in Transport Infrastructure
  Presented by Hugo E. Silva (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
• Eloiza Almeida, Veneziano Araujo, Solange Gonçalves
  Urban Wage Premium in a Labor Market with Informality
  Presented by Eloiza Almeida (Federal University of São Paulo)
• Roman Zarate
  Spatial Misallocation, Informality and Transit Improvements: Evidence from Mexico City (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Roman Zarate (World Bank, DECRG)
• Niclas Moneke
  Can Big Push Infrastructure Unlock Development? Evidence from Ethiopia (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Niclas Moneke (Oxford)

October 15, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
01L. Environment I

Chairs: Yue Yu (University of Toronto), Stephen Billings (University of Colorado)

• Asaf Bernstein, Stephen Billings, Matt Gustafson, Ryan Lewis
  Voting with their Sandals: Residential Sorting on Climate Change
  Presented by Stephen Billings (University of Colorado)
• Yue Yu, Qianyang Zhang
  The Value of Cleaner Waterways: Evidence from the Black-and-Smelly Water Program in China
  Presented by Yue Yu (University of Toronto)
• Pierre Magontier
  Does Media Coverage Affect Governments' Preparation for Natural Disasters? (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Pierre Magontier (University of Bern)
• Tomas Dominguez-Iino
  Climate Change, Incomplete Regulation, and Imperfect Competition: Evidence from South American Agriculture (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Tomas Dominguez-Iino (New York University)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02A. What is Driving Local COVID-19 Spread in the U.S.?

Chairs: Benjamin Leyden (Cornell University), Romain Wacziarg (UCLA)

• Daniel Wilson
  Weather, Social Distancing, and the Spread of COVID-19
  Presented by Daniel Wilson (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
• Victor Couture, Jonathan Dingel, Allison Green, Jessie Handbury, Kevin Williams
  Measuring Movement and Social Contact with Smartphone Data: A Real-time Application to COVID-19
  Presented by Victor Couture (University of British Columbia)
• Edward Glaeser, Caitlin Gorback, Stephen Redding
  How Much does COVID-19 Increase with Mobility? Evidence from New York and Four Other U.S. Cities
  Presented by Caitlin Gorback (NBER)
• Klaus Desmet, Romain Wacziarg
  Understanding Spatial Variation in COVID-19 across the United States
  Presented by Romain Wacziarg (UCLA)
• Edward Glaeser, Ginger Jin, Benjamin Leyden, Michael Luca
  Learning from Deregulation: The Asymmetric Impact of Lockdown and Reopening on Risky Behavior During COVID-19
  Presented by Benjamin Leyden (Cornell University)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02B. Agglomeration I

Chairs: Enrico Moretti (University of California Berkeley), Alexandre Sollaci (University of Chicago)

• Marigee Bacolod, Bernardo Blum, Marcos Rangel, William Strange
  Learners in Cities: Agglomeration and the Spatial Division of Cognition
  Presented by Bernardo Blum (University of Toronto)
• Paolo Martellini
  The City-Size Wage Premium: Origins and Aggregate Implications
  Presented by Paolo Martellini (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
• Alexandre Sollaci
  Agglomeration, Innovation and Spatial Reallocation: the Aggregate Effects of R&D Tax Credits
  Presented by Alexandre Sollaci (University of Chicago)
• Enrico Moretti
  Estimating Who Benefits From Productivity Growth: Local and Distant Effects of City TFP Shocks on Wages, Rents, and Inequality
  Presented by Enrico Moretti (University of California Berkeley)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02C. Land Use and Built Up Area

Chairs: Mathilde Lebrand (World Bank), Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University)

• Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Jason Barr
  The Economics of Skyscrapers: A Synthesis
  Presented by Jason Barr (Rutgers University Newark)
• David Albouy, Mauricio Arango, Minchul Shin
  Crowning the Metropolis: Skylines, Land Values, and Urban Population
  Presented by David Albouy (University of Illinois)
• Somik Lall, Mathilde Lebrand, Maria Soppelsa
  Pyramids or Pancakes: How will Cities Grow?
  Presented by Mathilde Lebrand (World Bank)
• Marcel Fafchamps, Forhad Shilpi
  The Evolution of Built-up Areas in Ghana since 1975
  Presented by Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02D. Neighborhood Choice Models

Chairs: Sophie Calder-Wang (University of Pennsylvania), Gregorio Caetano (University of Georgia)

• Fernando Ferreira, Maisy Wong
  Estimating Preferences for Neighborhood Amenities Under Imperfect Information
  Presented by Maisy Wong (University of Pennsylvania)
• Peter Bergman, Raj Chetty, Stefanie Deluca, Nathaniel Hendren, Lawrence Katz, Christopher Palmer
  Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
  Presented by Christopher Palmer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Gregorio Caetano, Vikram Maheshri
  A Unified Empirical Framework to Study Segregation
  Presented by Gregorio Caetano (University of Georgia)
• Sophie Calder-Wang
  The Distributional Impact of the Sharing Economy on the Housing Market
  Presented by Sophie Calder-Wang (University of Pennsylvania)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02E. Education I

Chairs: Manon Garrouste (Université de Lille), Andres Barrios-Fernandez (CEP-LSE and VATT)

• E. Jason Baron
  School Spending and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Revenue Limit Elections in Wisconsin
  Presented by E. Jason Baron (University of Michigan)
• Cora Wigger
  Housing Market Impacts of School Choice
  Presented by Cora Wigger (Northwestern University)
• Andres Barrios-Fernandez
  Should I Stay or Should I go? Neighbors' Effects on University Enrollment
  Presented by Andres Barrios-Fernandez (CEP-LSE and VATT)
• Manon Garrouste, Camille Hémet
  Neighbor Effects and Track Choice
  Presented by Manon Garrouste (Université de Lille)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02F. Transportation and Mobility Patterns

Chairs: Patrick Farrell (Princeton University), Peleg Samuels (Harvard University)

• Paul Blanchard, Douglas Gollin, Martina Kirchberger
  Perpetual Motion: Human Mobility and Spatial Frictions in Three African Countries
  Presented by Martina Kirchberger (Trinity College Dublin)
• Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Thilo Albers, Kristian Behrens
  Prime Locations
  Presented by Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE)
• Peleg Samuels, Naomi Hausman, Maxime Cohen, Roy Sasson
  Neighborhood Amenities, Commute Costs, and Spatial Equilibrium
  Presented by Peleg Samuels (Harvard University)
• Michael Bailey, Patrick Farrell, Theresa Kuchler, Johannes Stroebel
  Social Connectedness in Urban Areas
  Presented by Patrick Farrell (Princeton University)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02G. Homeownership

Chairs: Matteo Sandi, CEP (LSE), Sarah Cordes (Temple University)

• Naomi Hausman, Tamar Ramot-Nyska, Noam Zussman
  Homeownership, Labor Supply, and Neighborhood Quality
  Presented by Naomi Hausman (Hebrew University)
• Alexander Daminger, Kristof Dascher
  Homeowner Subsidy Repeal and City Skew
  Presented by Kristof Dascher (Regensburg University)
• Sarah Cordes, Brian Elbel, Amy Schwartz
  Does Homeownership Matter for Childhoood Academic and Health Outcomes? Evidence from New York City
  Presented by Sarah Cordes (Temple University)
• Richard Disney, John Gathergood, Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi
  Does Homeownership Reduce Crime? Evidence from the Right-to-Buy in England and Wales
  Presented by Matteo Sandi (CEP, LSE)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02H. Density in Cities in Developing Countries

Chairs: Juan Pablo Chauvin (Inter-American Development Bank), Alexander Rothenberg (Syracuse Unversity)

• Sam Asher, Juan Pablo Chauvin, Paul Novosad
  Rural Spillovers of Urban Growth
  Presented by Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College)
• J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard, David Weil
  Quality Adjusted Population Density
  Presented by Adam Storeygard (Tufts University)
• Andrea Civelli, Arya Gaduh, Alexander Rothenberg, Yao Wang
  Urban Sprawl and Social Capital: Evidence from Indonesian Cities
  Presented by Alexander Rothenberg (Syracuse Unversity)
• Juan Pablo Chauvin, Matias Busso
  Rural-Urban Migration at High Urbanization Levels
  Presented by Juan Pablo Chauvin (Inter-American Development Bank)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02I. Housing Supply

Chairs: Salim Furth (George Mason University), Andreas Mense (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)

• Knut Are Aastveit, Bruno Albuquerque, Andre Anundsen
  Changing Supply Elasticities and Regional Housing Booms
  Presented by Bruno Albuquerque (Bank of England)
• Dan Ben-Moshe, David Genesove
  Frontier Estimation of the Housing Supply Function
  Presented by David Genesove (Hebrew U Jerusalem)
• Andreas Mense
  The Impact of New Housing Supply on the Distribution of Rents
  Presented by Andreas Mense (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
• Salim Furth
  Foundations and Microfoundations: Building Houses on Regulated Land
  Presented by Salim Furth (George Mason University)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02J. Migration and Sorting

Chairs: Bryan Stuart (George Washington University), Sergey Kichko (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

• Cecile Gaubert, Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
  Income Sorting and Non Homothetic Preferences in General Spatial Equilibrium
  Presented by Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (GSEM)
• Wookun Kim
  The Valuation of Local Government Spending: Gravity Approach and Aggregate Implications
  Presented by Wookun Kim (Southern Methodist University)
• Sergey Kichko, Pierre Picard
  Income Heterogeneity, Redistribution, and Welfare
  Presented by Sergey Kichko (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
• Brad Hershbein, Bryan Stuart
  Recessions and Local Labor Market Hysteresis
  Presented by Bryan Stuart (George Washington University)

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02K. Labor II

Chairs: Hannah Illing (Institute for Employment Research (IAB)), Bradley Setzler (University of Chicago)

• Tom Holden, Jonathan Swarbrick
  Business Cycles in Space
  Presented by Jonathan Swarbrick (Bank of Canada)
• Jan David Bakker
  Agglomeration, International Trade and Regional Inequality
  Presented by Jan David Bakker (UCL)
• Bradley Setzler, Felix Tintelnot
  The Effects of Foreign Multinationals on Workers and Firms in the United States
  Presented by Bradley Setzler (University of Chicago)
• Hannah Illing
  Crossing Borders: Labor Market Effects of European Integration
  Presented by Hannah Illing (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))

October 15, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
02L. Place-based and Regional Redistribution I

Chairs: Andrew Garin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai), Niels Kuiper (University of Groningen)

• Yue Li, Sutirtha Roy
  The Direct and Indirect Effect of Place-based Policies on Jobs: Evidence from An Indian State Border
  Presented by Yue Li (The World Bank)
• Niels Kuiper, Mark Van Duijn, Arno van der Vlist
  Do Urban Redevelopment Projects Create Jobs? Evidence from the Dutch National Restoration Fund
  Presented by Niels Kuiper (University of Groningen)
• Andrew Garin, Jonathan Rothbaum
  Was the Arsenal of Democracy an Engine of Mobility? Public Investment and the Roots of Mid-Century Manufacturing Opportunity
  Presented by Andrew Garin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03A. Covid I

Chairs: Ruben Gaetani (University of Toronto), Arpit Gupta (NYU Stern)

• David Argente, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Munseob Lee
  The Cost of Privacy: Welfare Effects of the Disclosure of COVID-19 Cases
  Presented by Munseob Lee (University of California San Diego)
• Juan Palacios
  Pandemics as Coordination Games: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment in China after a Lockdown
  Presented by Juan Palacios (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Milena Almagro Garcia, Joshua Coven, Arpit Gupta, Angelo Orane
  Racial Disparities in Frontline Workers and Housing Crowding during COVID-19: Evidence from Geolocation Data
  Presented by Angelo Orane (New York University)
• Enrico Berkes, Olivier Deschenes, Ruben Gaetani, Jeffrey Lin, Christopher Severen
  Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918-19 Flu Pandemic
  Presented by Ruben Gaetani (University of Toronto)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03B. Agglomeration II

Chairs: Benoit Schmutz (Ecole Polytechnique and CREST), Simon Janssen (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))

• Jing Li, Liyao Li, Shimeng Liu
  Attenuation of Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from the Universe of Chinese Manufacturing Industries
  Presented by Shimeng Liu (Jinan University)
• Bruno Barsanetti
  Capital as an Anchor of Economic Activity: Evidence from the 1975 Frost
  Presented by Bruno Barsanetti (FGV EPGE)
• Simon Janssen, Wolfgang Keller, Hale Utar, Ehsan Vallizadeh
  Future Technology Hubs or Backwater? Lessons on Structural Change from Germany’s Coal Regions
  Presented by Simon Janssen (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))
• Jose de Sousa, Benoit Schmutz
  Spatial Determinants of Ability in a Leisure Activity: The Case of Chess
  Presented by Benoit Schmutz (Ecole Polytechnique and CREST)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03C. Household Sorting

Chairs: Marcus Casey (University of Illinois at Chicago), Alvin Murphy (Arizona State University)

• Dionissi Aliprantis, Hal Martin, Kristen Tauber
  Choice of Neighborhood Opportunity Index Is Not What Determines the Success of Housing Mobility Programs
  Presented by Dionissi Aliprantis (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
• Peter Blair
  Is Spending on Schools Valuable and Efficient? A National Study of the Capitalization of School Spending and Local Taxes
  Presented by Peter Blair (Harvard)
• Kelly Bishop, Nicolai Kuminoff, Sophie Mathes, Alvin Murphy
  Sorting For Life: Mortality and House Prices
  Presented by Alvin Murphy (Arizona State University)
• Marcus Casey
  Neighborhood Sorting, Entry Intensity, and Price Responses
  Presented by Marcus Casey (University of Illinois at Chicago)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03D. Environment II

Chairs: Rhiannon Jerch (Temple University), David Castells-Quintana (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona)

• Stephen Billings, Emily Gallagher, Lowell Ricketts
  Human Capital Investment After the Storm
  Presented by Emily Gallagher (University of Colorado Boulder)
• Rainald Borck, Philipp Schrauth
  Urban Pollution: A Global Perspective
  Presented by Philipp Schrauth (University of Potsdam)
• David Castells-Quintana, Melanie Krause, Thomas McDermott
  Global Warming and Urban Structure: New Evidence on Climate Change and the Spatial Distribution of Population and Economic Activity
  Presented by David Castells-Quintana (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona)
• Rhiannon Jerch, Matthew Kahn, Gary Lin
  Local Public Finance Dynamics in the Face of Rising Climate Risk
  Presented by Rhiannon Jerch (Temple University)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03E. Urban Questions through the Lens of IO

Chairs: Milena Almagro (Federal Reserve of Minneapolis and Chicago Booth), Cailin Slattery (Columbia Business School)

• Juan Castillo
  Who Benefits from Surge Pricing?
  Presented by Juan Castillo (University of Pennsylvania)
• Claudia Allende
  Competition under Social Interactions and the Design of Education Policies
  Presented by Claudia Allende (The University of Chicago)
• Cailin Slattery
  Bidding for Firms: Subsidy Competition in the U.S.
  Presented by Cailin Slattery (Columbia Business School)
• Milena Almagro, Tomas Dominguez-Iino
  Location Sorting and Endogenous Amenities: Evidence from Amsterdam
  Presented by Milena Almagro (Federal Reserve of Minneapolis and Chicago Booth)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03F. Housing II

Chairs: João Santos (Nova School of Business and Economics), Abdollah Farhoodi (University of Toronto)

• Maggie Hu, Sumit Agarwal, Adrian Lee
  Who Gains from Housing Market Stimulus? Evidence from Homeowner Grants with Threshold Prices
  Presented by Maggie Hu (CUHK Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Daniel Ringo
  "Revitalize or Stabilize": Does Community Development Financing Work?
  Presented by Daniel Ringo (Federal Reserve Board)
• Abdollah Farhoodi, Nazanin Khazra, Peter Christensen
  Does Airbnb Reduce Matching Frictions in the Housing Market?
  Presented by Abdollah Farhoodi (University of Toronto)
• Susana Peralta, João Santos
  Should We Ban AirBnB? Short-Term Rental Regulations and Housing Prices
  Presented by João Santos (Nova School of Business and Economics)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03G. Labor III

Chairs: Enrico Moretti (University of California Berkeley), Elie Vidal-Naquet (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)

• Gregor Schubert, Anna Stansbury, Bledi Taska
  Monopsony and Outside Options
  Presented by Anna Stansbury (Harvard University)
• Adrien Bilal
  The Geography of Unemployment
  Presented by Adrien Bilal (Princeton University)
• Benoit Schmutz, Modibo Sidibe, Elie Vidal-Naquet
  Why are Low-Skilled Workers less Mobile?
  Presented by Elie Vidal-Naquet (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
• Enrico Moretti
  Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation: Evidence from Italian and German Provinces
  Presented by Enrico Moretti (University of California Berkeley)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03H. Local Retail Amenities

Chairs: Rocio Madera (Southern Methodist University), Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)

• Yuhei Miyauchi, Kentaro Nakajima, Stephen Redding
  Consumption Access and Agglomeration: Evidence from Smartphone Data
  Presented by Yuhei Miyauchi (Boston University)
• Justin Leung, Zhonglin Li
  Superstar Firms and Rising Retail Concentration
  Presented by Zhonglin Li (University of Chicago)
• Jessie Handbury, Sarah Moshary
  Retail Spillovers from In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision
  Presented by Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)
• Treb Allen, Simon Fuchs, Sharat Ganapati, Rocio Madera
  Is Tourism good for Locals? Evidence from Barcelona
  Presented by Rocio Madera (Southern Methodist University)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03I. Transportation II

Chairs: Kilian Heilmann (University of Southern California), Pierre Picard (University of Luxembourg)

• Panle Barwick, Shanjun Li, Andrew Waxman, Jing Wu, Tianli Xia
  Transportation Policies and Equilibrium Sorting: Evidence from Beijing
  Presented by Andrew Waxman (University of Texas at Austin)
• Lin Ma, Yang Tang
  The Distributional Impacts of Transportation Networks in China
  Presented by Lin Ma (National University of Singapore)
• Yi Niu, Matthew Shum
  Do Larger Cities Eliminate More Low-Productivity Firms? Evidence from Infrastructure Construction in China
  Presented by Yi Niu (Capital University of Economics and Business)
• Pierre Picard
  On the Design of Sustainable Cities: Local Traffic Pollution and Urban Structure
  Presented by Pierre Picard (University of Luxembourg)
• Kilian Heilmann
  Information Frictions, Load Matching, and Route Efficiency in the Trucking Industry: Implications for the Environmental Impact of the Freight Sector
  Presented by Kilian Heilmann (University of Southern California)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03J. Organization of Local Public Sector

Chairs: Claudio Ferraz (University of British Columbia), Fernando Ferreira (University of Pennsylvania)

• Guo Xu
  Organization of the State: Home Assignment and Bureaucrat Performance
  Presented by Guo Xu (UC Berkeley)
• Nathan Canen, Leonard Wantchekon
  Political Uncertainty, Market Structure and the Forms of State Capture
  Presented by Nathan Canen (University of Houston)
• Klenio Barbosa, Fernando Ferreira
  Occupy Government: Democracy and the Dynamics of Personnel Decisions and Public Sector Performance
  Presented by Fernando Ferreira (University of Pennsylvania)
• Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan, Monica Martinez-Bravo
  Political Power, Elite Control, and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Brazil
  Presented by Claudio Ferraz (University of British Columbia)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03K. Place-based and Regional Redistribution II

Chairs: Alina Arefeva (University of Wisconsin Madison), Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)

• Morris Davis, Jesse Gregory
  Planning Problems and Redistribution of Income in Models of Urban Economics
  Presented by Morris Davis (Rutgers Business School, Rutgers Univers)
• Juliette Fournier
  Spatial Mismatch (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Juliette Fournier (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Cecile Gaubert, Patrick Kline, Danny Yagan
  Place-Based Redistribution
  Presented by Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)
• Alina Arefeva, Morris Davis, Andra Ghent, Minseon Park
  Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
  Presented by Alina Arefeva (University of Wisconsin Madison)

October 16, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
03L. Property Rights

Chairs: Aradhya Sood (University of Toronto and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Nicolas Herrera (Interamerican Development Bank)

• Tanner Regan, Martina Manara
  Eliciting Demand for Title Deeds: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from Urban Tanzania
  Presented by Tanner Regan (London School of Economics)
• Lucie Letrouit, Harris Selod
  Trust or Property Rights? Can Trusted Relationships Substitute for Costly Land Registration in West African Cities?
  Presented by Lucie Letrouit (Paris School of Economics)
• Nicolas Herrera, Luis Quintero
  The Value of Nothing: Slums and Property Rights
  Presented by Nicolas Herrera (Interamerican Development Bank)
• Aradhya Sood
  Land Market Frictions in Developing Countries: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in India
  Presented by Aradhya Sood (University of Toronto and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04A. Labor IV

Chairs: Keyoung Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia), Conor Walsh (Princeton University)

• Fabian Eckert, Sharat Ganapati, Conor Walsh
  Skilled Tradable Services: The Transformation of U.S. High-Skill Labor Markets
  Presented by Conor Walsh (Princeton University)
• Keyoung Lee
  Benefits of Working Near College Workers: Human Capital Spillovers Across Neighborhoods
  Presented by Keyoung Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Anders Høst
  The Local Labor Market Effect of High Skill Public Jobs: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large-Scale Structural Reform in Denmark (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Anders Høst (Aalborg Universitet)
• Franklin Qian
  The Effects of High-skilled Firm Entry on Local Residents (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Franklin Qian (Stanford University)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04B. Labor and Networks

Chairs: Thomas Gautier (Boston University), Lin Peng (City University of New York)

• James Fogel, Bernardo Modenesi
  What is a Local Labor Market? A Network-Based Approach to Identifying Latent Worker and Job Heterogeneity (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by James Fogel (University of Michigan)
• Andreas Diemer
  Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Andreas Diemer (London School of Economics and Political Science)
• Theresa Kuchler, Yan Li, Lin Peng, Johannes Stroebel, Dexin Zhou
  Social Proximity to Capital: Implications for Investors and Firms
  Presented by Lin Peng (City University of New York)
• Thomas Gautier
  Refugee Settlement and Social Integration: Evidence from Syrians in Turkey
  Presented by Thomas Gautier (Boston University)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04C. Housing III

Chairs: Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution), Janet Kohlhase (University of Houston)

• Elior Cohen
  Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Housing Assistance on Recidivism to Homelessness, Economic, and Social Outcomes (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Elior Cohen (UCLA)
• Antoine Levy
  Testing the Self-Interested Voter Hypothesis: Evidence from France (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Antoine Levy (MIT)
• Felipe Carozzi, Martin Guenther
  Not in my Electoral Backyard
  Presented by Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics)
• Jenny Schuetz, Sarah Crump
  Could Statewide Upzoning Improve Housing Affordability in Greater Boston?
  Presented by Jenny Schuetz (Brookings Institution)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04D. Housing IV

Chairs: Patrick Moran (University of Oxford), Jung Sakong (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

• Hanyi Yi
  Financing Public Investment (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Hanyi Yi (Rice University)
• Kenneth Whaley
  Local Wealth and the Market for Homes Near Racially Diverse Schools (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Kenneth Whaley (Clemson University)
• Jung Sakong
  Aggregate and Distributional Impact of Cost-of-Capital Shocks: Evidence from Chinese Buyers in US Housing Markets
  Presented by Jung Sakong (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
• Agnes Kovacs, Patrick Moran
  Breaking the Commitment Device: The Effect of Home Equity Withdrawal on Consumption, Saving, and Welfare
  Presented by Patrick Moran (University of Oxford)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04E. Education II

Chairs: Lorenzo Neri (University of St Andrews), Mike Zabek (Federal Reserve Board)

• Pawel Krolikowski, Mike Zabek, Patrick Coate
  Parental Proximity and Earnings After Job Displacements
  Presented by Mike Zabek (Federal Reserve Board)
• Lorenzo Neri
  Moving Opportunities: The Impact of Public Housing Regenerations on Student Achievement
  Presented by Lorenzo Neri (University of St Andrews)
• Zibin Huang
  Peer Effects, Parental Migration and Children's Human Capital: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis in China (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Zibin Huang (University of Rochester)
• Michael Cassidy
  A Closer Look: Proximity Boosts Homeless Student Performance in New York City (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Michael Cassidy (Rutgers University)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04F. Externalities & Neighborhood Effects II

Chairs: Jing Li (Singapore Management University), Gaurav Khanna (University of California San Diego)

• Gaurav Khanna, Carlos Medina, Anant Nyshadham, daniel ramos, Audrey Tiew, JORGE TAMAYO
  Spatial Mobility, Economic Opportunity, and Crime
  Presented by Gaurav Khanna (University of California San Diego)
• Jing Li, Shimeng Liu, Yifan Wu
  Identifying Knowledge Spillovers from Universities: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Urban China
  Presented by Jing Li (Singapore Management University)
• Magdalena Domínguez Pérez
  Sweeping Gangs: Successful Strategy or Missing the Key? (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Magdalena Domínguez Pérez (University of Barcelona & IEB)
• Andrew Simon
  Public Good Spillovers and Fiscal Centralization: Evidence from Community College Expansions (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Andrew Simon (University of Michigan)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04G. Housing Regulation II

Chairs: Camilo Acosta (Universidad EAFIT), Matthew Delventhal (Claremont McKenna College)

• Xiaolun Yu
  Low-rise Buildings in Big Cities: Theory and Evidence from China (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Xiaolun Yu (London School of Economics)
• Jacob Krimmel
  Reclaiming Local Control: School Finance Reforms and the Rise of NIMBYism (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Jacob Krimmel (University of Pennsylvania - Wharton)
• Camilo Acosta
  The Incidence of Land Use Regulations
  Presented by Camilo Acosta (Universidad EAFIT)
• Matthew Delventhal, Eunjee Kwon, Andrii Parkhomenko
  Zoning and the Density of Urban Development
  Presented by Matthew Delventhal (Claremont McKenna College)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04H. Infrastructure

Chairs: Michiel Gerritse (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Mesay Gebresilasse (Amherst College)

• Michiel Gerritse
  Public Spending and the Location of Jobs
  Presented by Michiel Gerritse (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
• Mesay Gebresilasse
  Rural Roads, Agricultural Extension, and Productivity
  Presented by Mesay Gebresilasse (Amherst College)
• Luis Baldomero-Quintana
  How Infrastructure Shapes Comparative Advantage (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Luis Baldomero-Quintana (William & Mary)
• Ulrich J. Eberle
  Damned by Dams? Infrastructure and Conflict (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Ulrich J. Eberle (Princeton University / LSE)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04I. Migration II

Chairs: Dirk Foremny (University of Barcelona and IEB), Wei You (New York University)

• Wei You
  The Welfare Implications of Internal Migration Restrictions: Evidence from China
  Presented by Wei You (New York University)
• David Agrawal, Dirk Foremny, Clara Martinez-Toledano
  Paraısos Fiscales, Wealth and Mobility
  Presented by Dirk Foremny (University of Barcelona and IEB)
• Min Fang
  Migration, Housing Constraints, and Inequality: A Quantitative Analysis of China (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Min Fang (University of Rochester)
• Gregor Schubert
  House Price Contagion and U.S. City Migration Networks (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Gregor Schubert (Harvard University)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04J. Regional Economics & Trade II

Chairs: Stephen Redding (Princeton University), Marius Faber (University of Basel)

• Ziho Park
  Trade Adjustment: Establishment-Level Evidence (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Ziho Park (University of Chicago)
• Chenying Yang
  Location Choices of Multi-plant Oligopolists: Theory and Evidence from the Cement Industry (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Chenying Yang (University of British Columbia)
• Marius Faber, Andres Sarto, Marco Tabellini
  The Impact of Technology and Trade on Migration: Evidence from the US
  Presented by Marius Faber (University of Basel)
• Stephan Heblich, Stephen Redding, Yanos Zylberberg
  The Distributional Consequences of Trade: Evidence from the Repeal of the Corn Laws
  Presented by Stephen Redding (Princeton University)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04K. Transportation III

Chairs: Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB), Ian Herzog (University of Toronto)

• Margaret Bock
  (Federally Funded) Country Roads: The Impact of the Appalachian Development Highway System on Mortality (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Margaret Bock (West Virginia University)
• Ian Herzog
  The City-Wide Effects of Tolling Downtown Drivers: Evidence from London's Congestion Charge. (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Ian Herzog (University of Toronto)
• Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez, Ilias Pasidis, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
  Congestion in Highways When Tolls and Railroads Matter: Evidence from European cities
  Presented by Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)

October 16, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
04L. Transportation IV

Chairs: Yichen Su (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas), Roman Zakharenko (National Research Univeristy Higher School of Economics)

• Roman Zakharenko
  Optimal pricing for shared vehicles
  Presented by Roman Zakharenko (National Research Univeristy Higher School of Economics)
• Sitian Liu, Yichen Su
  The Geography of Jobs and the Gender Wage Gap
  Presented by Yichen Su (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
• Motaz Al-Chanati, Vinayak Iyer
  What Drives the Efficiency in Ridesharing Markets? Evidence from Austin, Texas (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Vinayak Iyer (Columbia University)
• Eunjee Kwon
  Why Do Improvements in Transportation Infrastructure Reduce the Gender Gap in South Korea? (Student Prize Submission)
  Presented by Eunjee Kwon (University of Southern California, USC)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05A. Covid II

Chairs: Ben Hyman (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Kyle Mangum (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

• Ryan Brady, Michael Insler, Jacek Rothert
  The Fragmented United States of America: Impact of Scattered Lockdown Policies on Country-Wide Infections
  Presented by Jacek Rothert (United States Naval Academy)
• Sitian Liu, Yichen Su
  The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Demand for Density: Evidence from the U.S. Housing Market
  Presented by Sitian Liu (Queen's University)
• Jeffrey Brinkman, Kyle Mangum
  Travel Activity in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Presented by Kyle Mangum (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Andrew Haughwout, Ben Hyman, Or Shachar
  The Value of Municipal Liquidity during COVID-19: Bond Price Differentials around Lending Eligibility Cutoffs
  Presented by Ben Hyman (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05B. Development II

Chairs: Neave O'Clery (University College London), Sam Asher (Johns Hopkins SAIS)

• Tainá Pacheco
  Social Housing Location and Formal Labor Market Accessibility: Evidence From a Brazilian Lottery
  Presented by Tainá Pacheco (FGV)
• William Violette
  Public Housing Spillovers in a Developing Country
  Presented by William Violette (Federal Trade Commission)
• Anjali Adukia, Sam Asher, Paul Novosad, Brandon Tan
  Residential Segregation in Urban India
  Presented by Sam Asher (Johns Hopkins SAIS)
• Juan Camilo Saldarriaga, Daniel Straulino, Jairo Gomez, Juan C Duque, Neave O'Clery
  Uncovering Commercial Activity in Informal Cities
  Presented by Neave O'Clery (University College London)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05C. Politics and Institutions I

Chairs: Gianmarco Daniele (University of Milan / Bocconi University), Guglielmo Barone (University of Padua)

• Sergio Galletta, Elliott Ash
  How Cable News Reshaped Local Government
  Presented by Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)
• William McCartney, Calvin Zhang
  ‘Sort Selling’: Political Affiliation and Households’ Real Estate Decisions
  Presented by William McCartney (Purdue University)
• Giuseppe Albanese, Guglielmo Barone, Guido de Blasio
  Populist Voting and Losers’ Discontent: Does Redistribution Matter?
  Presented by Guglielmo Barone (University of Padua)
• Gianmarco Daniele
  Corruption under Austerity
  Presented by Gianmarco Daniele (University of Milan / Bocconi University)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05D. Housing Cycles

Chairs: Carl Liebersohn (The Ohio State University), Nicolas Bottan (Cornell University)

• Erlend Bø
  Buy to Let: The Role of Investors in Housing Booms
  Presented by Erlend Bø (Statistics Norway)
• Sumit Agarwal, Kwong Wing Chau, Maggie Hu, Wayne Wan
  Stamp Duty Policy, Housing Speculation, and Property Market Dynamics
  Presented by Wayne Wan (University of Cambridge)
• Nicolas Bottan, Ricardo Perez-Truglia
  Betting on the House: Subjective Expectations and Market Choices
  Presented by Nicolas Bottan (Cornell University)
• Greg Howard, Carl Liebersohn
  Regional Divergence and House Prices
  Presented by Carl Liebersohn (The Ohio State University)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05E. Knowledge Flows

Chairs: Clément Bosquet (University of Cergy-Pontoise), Lin Tian (INSEAD)

• Jang Woo Kim
  The Impact of Transportation Costs on Inter-regional Inventor Mobility and Knowledge Flows
  Presented by Jang Woo Kim (Bocconi University)
• Jeremiah Dittmar, Ralf Meisenzahl
  The Research University, Invention, and Industry: Evidence from German History
  Presented by Jeremiah Dittmar (London School of Economics)
• Yang Jiao, Lin Tian
  Geographic Fragmentation in a Knowledge Economy: Theory and Evidence from the US
  Presented by Lin Tian (INSEAD)
• Clément Bosquet, Pierre-Philippe Combes, Emeric Henry, Thierry Mayer
  Peer Effects in Academic Research: Senders and Receivers
  Presented by Clément Bosquet (University of Cergy-Pontoise)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05F. Local Public Finance I

Chairs: Tejaswi Velayudhan (University of California Irvine), Clemence Tricaud (UCLA Anderson)

• Holger Sieg, Chamna Yoon, Jipeng Zhang
  The Impact of Migration Controls on Urban Fiscal Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in China
  Presented by Chamna Yoon (KAIST College of Busines)
• Ricardo Dahis, Christiane Szerman
  Decentralizing Development
  Presented by Ricardo Dahis (Northwestern University)
• Clemence Tricaud
  Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation
  Presented by Clemence Tricaud (UCLA Anderson)
• Traviss Cassidy, Tejaswi Velayudhan
  Does Intergovernmental Competition Improve the Business Environment?
  Presented by Tejaswi Velayudhan (University of California Irvine)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05G. Gentrification

Chairs: Farid Farrokhi (Purdue University), Federico Curci (CUNEF)

• Ana Moreno-Maldonado, Clara Santamaría
  Delayed Childbearing and Gentrification
  Presented by Clara Santamaría (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Abe Dunn, Mahsa Gholizadeh
  The Geography of Consumption and Local Economic Shocks: The Case of the Great Recession
  Presented by Abe Dunn (Bureau of Economic Analysis )
• Federico Curci, HASIN YOUSAF
  Gentrifying Cities, Amenities and Income Segregation: Evidence From San Francisco
  Presented by Federico Curci (CUNEF)
• Farid Farrokhi, David Jinkins
  Dynamic Amenities and Path Dependence in Location Choice: Evidence from Danish Refugee Placement
  Presented by Farid Farrokhi (Purdue University)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05H. Environment III

Chairs: Carles Vergara-Alert (University of Navarra), Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara (Louisiana State University)

• Yanjun Liao, Philip Mulder
  What’s at Stake? Understanding the Role of Home Equity in Flood Insurance Demand
  Presented by Yanjun Liao (University of Pennsylvania)
• Benjamin Keys, Philip Mulder
  Neglected No More: Housing Markets, Mortgage Lending, and Sea Level Rise
  Presented by Philip Mulder (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania )
• Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara
  Climate Risk Perceptions and Demand for Flood Insurance
  Presented by Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara (Louisiana State University)
• Paulo Issler, Richard Stanton, Carles Vergara-Alert, Nancy Wallace
  Mortgage Markets with Climate-Change Risk: Evidence from Wildfires in California
  Presented by Carles Vergara-Alert (University of Navarra)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05I. Racial Disparities in Cities

Chairs: Ying Shi (Syracuse University), Reed Walker (University of California Berkeley)

• Christopher Timmins
  Does Racial Bias Distort Neighborhood Choice? The Impacts of Discrimination on Welfare and Revealed Preference in the Rental Housing Market
  Presented by Christopher Timmins (Duke University)
• Leah Brooks, Jonathan Rose, Daniel Shoag, Stan Veuger
  The Long-Run Impact of the 1968 Civil Disturbance
  Presented by Leah Brooks (George Washington University)
• Janet Currie, John Voorheis, Reed Walker
  What Caused Racial Disparities in Particulate Exposure to Fall? New Evidence from the Clean Air Act and Satellite-Based Measures of Air Quality
  Presented by Reed Walker (University of California Berkeley)
• Daniel Hartley, Bhashkar Mazumder, Aastha Rajan, Ying Shi
  Urban Renewal and the Great Migration
  Presented by Ying Shi (Syracuse University)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05J. Regional and Urban Growth

Chairs: Florian Oswald (Sciences Po), Steven Brakman (University of Groningen)

• Kristian Behrens, Florian Mayneris, Theophile BIEDA
  Land for Production: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries
  Presented by Theophile BIEDA (UQAM)
• Jacob Moore
  Urban-Rural Productivity Spillovers: Theory and Evidence from Colorado
  Presented by Jacob Moore (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Steven Brakman, Tijl Hendrich, Charles Marrewijk, van, Jennifer Olsen
  The Comparative Advantage of Cities
  Presented by Steven Brakman (University of Groningen)
• Nicolas Coeurdacier, Florian Oswald, Marc Teignier
  Structural Change, Land Use and Urban Expansion
  Presented by Florian Oswald (Sciences Po)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05K. Transit and Commute Mode

Chairs: Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Danae Hernandez-Cortes (University of California Santa Barbara)

• Andrea Craig
  Commute Mode and Residential Location Choice
  Presented by Andrea Craig (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
• Yilan Xu
  Is Tech-enhanced Bikeshare a Substitute or Complement for Public Transit?
  Presented by Yilan Xu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai)
• Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Paulina Oliva, Christopher Severen
  Cross-Mode Complementarities, Congestion, and Travel Demand: Subways and BRT in Mexico City
  Presented by Danae Hernandez-Cortes (University of California Santa Barbara)
• Kenzo Asahi, María Ignacia Pinto Retamal
  Transit, Academic Achievement, and Equalisation: Evidence from a Subway Expansion
  Presented by Kenzo Asahi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

October 17, 2020 11:00 to 13:00
05L. Transport Networks and Infrastructure

Chairs: Yuan Zi (University of Oslo), Marta Santamaria (University of Warwick)

• Stephan Maurer, Ferdinand Rauch
  Economic Geography Aspects of the Panama Canal
  Presented by Stephan Maurer (University of Konstanz)
• David Krisztian Nagy
  All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development
  Presented by David Krisztian Nagy (CREI)
• Marta Santamaria, Jaume Ventura, Ugur Yesilbayraktar
  Borders within Europe
  Presented by Marta Santamaria (University of Warwick)
• Yuan Zi, Inga Heiland, Andreas Moxnes, Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe
  Trade From Space: Shipping Networks and The Global Implications of Local Shock
  Presented by Yuan Zi (University of Oslo)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06A. Firms in Cities

Chairs: Sebastian Siegloch (ZEW / University of Mannheim), Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)

• William Grieser, James LeSage, Morad Zekhnini
  Industry Networks and the Geography of Firm Behavior
  Presented by Morad Zekhnini (Michigan State University)
• Jay Hyun, Ryan Kim
  Spillovers and Redistribution through Intra-Firm Networks: The Product Replacement Channel
  Presented by Jay Hyun (HEC Montréal)
• Johan Hombert, Eric Mengus, Tomasz Michalski
  Firms’ Spatial Internal Organization
  Presented by Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)
• Tobias Etzel, Sebastian Siegloch, Nils Wehrhöfer
  Efficiency and Equity Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Capital Subsidies in East Germany
  Presented by Sebastian Siegloch (ZEW / University of Mannheim)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06B. History II

Chairs: Duc Nguyen (University of Groningen), Yannis Ioannides (Tufts University)

• Christian Düben, Melanie Krause
  The Emperor's Geography - City Locations, Nature, and Institutional Optimization
  Presented by Christian Düben (Hamburg University)
• Yannis Ioannides, Yuxian Chen
  The Diffusion of Epichoric Scripts and Coinage in the Ancient Hellenic Poleis
  Presented by Yannis Ioannides (Tufts University)
• Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Tristan Kohl, Duc Nguyen
  The Very First First-Nature Geography: The Geographical Economics of Place Names
  Presented by Duc Nguyen (University of Groningen)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06C. Microstructure of Housing

Chairs: Larissa Klick (RWI -Leibniz Intitute for Economic Research), Jan Rouwendal (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

• John Hatfield, Scott Kominers, Richard Lowery
  Collusion in Brokered Markets
  Presented by John Hatfield (University of Texas at Austin)
• Morten Grindaker, Artashes Karapetyan, Espen Moen, Plamen Nenov
  Transaction Sequence Decisions and Housing Market Volatility: Evidence from Norway
  Presented by Plamen Nenov (Norwegian Business School (BI))
• Jan Rouwendal
  House Prices, Bargaining and Bidding Wars: Do Sellers Set Optimal List Prices?
  Presented by Jan Rouwendal (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Philipp Breidenbach, Larissa Klick
  Who Places the Order Pays the Bill - Agent Costs and Their Pass-Through in the Rental Market
  Presented by Larissa Klick (RWI -Leibniz Intitute for Economic Research)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06D. Politics and Institutions II

Chairs: Cynthia Goytia (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), Anne Brockmeyer (World Bank)

• Richard Bluhm, Christian Lessmann, Paul Schaudt
  The Political Geography of Cities
  Presented by Paul Schaudt (University of Saint Gallen)
• Mitja Kovac, Rok Spruk
  Persistent Effects of Colonial Institutions on Long-Run Development: Local Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design
  Presented by Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana)
• Alejandro Estefan, Anne Brockmeyer
  Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
  Presented by Alejandro Estefan (University of Notre Dame)
• Cynthia Goytia
  An Empirical Analysis of Land Use Regulation Determinants in a Developing Country
  Presented by Cynthia Goytia (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06E. School Choice in Urban Markets

Chairs: Margaux Luflade (University of Pennsylvania), Mariana Laverde (Yale University)

• Michael Dinerstein, Christopher Neilson, Sebastian Otero
  The Equilibrium Effects of Public Provision in Education Markets: Evidence from a Public School Expansion Policy
  Presented by Michael Dinerstein (University of Chicago)
• Gregorio Caetano, Vikram Maheshri
  Explaining Recent Trends in US School Segregation
  Presented by Vikram Maheshri (University of Houston)
• Mariana Laverde
  Unequal Assignment to Public Schools and the Limits of School Choice
  Presented by Mariana Laverde (Yale University)
• Francesco Agostinelli, Margaux Luflade, Paolo Martellini
  The Geography of Opportunity: Sorting, Commuting, and School Choice
  Presented by Margaux Luflade (University of Pennsylvania)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06F. Transport in Developing Countries

Chairs: Jonathan Dingel (University of Chicago), Steven Poelhekke (University of Auckland)

• Theophile Bougna, Ewane Theophile, Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis
  Trade Costs, Prices and Connectivity in Rwanda
  Presented by Ewane Theophile (Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Julien Martin, Florian Mayneris, Ewane Theophile
  The Price of Remoteness: Product Availability and Local Cost of Living in Ethiopia
  Presented by Florian Mayneris (ESG-Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Roberto Bonfatti, Yuan Gu, Steven Poelhekke
  Priority Roads: the Political Economy of Africa's Interior-to-Coast Roads
  Presented by Steven Poelhekke (University of Auckland)
• Prabhat Barnwal, Jonathan Dingel, Pravin Krishna, Eva Van Leemput
  Internal Trade Barriers: Evidence from Indian Trucking
  Presented by Jonathan Dingel (University of Chicago)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06G. Housing and Credit Markets

Chairs: Sven Damen (University of Antwerp), Pierre Mabille (INSEAD)

• Olmo Silva, Nikodem Szumilo
  Repossession Risk and Demand in Mortgage and Housing Markets
  Presented by Nikodem Szumilo (UCL - University College London)
• Dayin Zhang
  Government-Sponsored Wholesale Funding and the Industrial Organization of Bank Lending
  Presented by Dayin Zhang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Pierre Mabille
  The Missing Home Buyers: Regional Heterogeneity and Credit Contractions
  Presented by Pierre Mabille (INSEAD)
• Sven Damen, Geert Goeyvaerts
  Housing Market Responses to the Mortgage Interest Deduction
  Presented by Sven Damen (University of Antwerp)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06H. Transportation V

Chairs: Georgios Tsiachtsiras (University of Barcelona), Mariona Segú (Université Paris Sud)

• Julien Pascal
  Spatial Equilibrium and Transportation Costs
  Presented by Julien Pascal (BCL)
• Marcus Berliant
  Commuting and Internet Traffic Congestion
  Presented by Marcus Berliant (Washington University in St. Louis)
• Miren Lafourcade, Mariona Segú
  Jet Setters: Blessing or Curse for Housing Markets? Evidence From the EU Aviation Liberalization
  Presented by Mariona Segú (Université Paris Sud)
• Georgios Tsiachtsiras
  Who Has Really Access? Transportation Network and the Rise of Knowledge Economy in 19th Century France
  Presented by Georgios Tsiachtsiras (University of Barcelona)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06I. Uber

Chairs: Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville), Caitlin Gorback (NBER)

• Laura Grant
  Does Uber Reduce Public Transit Ridership? Evidence and Impacts From the San Francisco Bay Area
  Presented by Laura Grant (Claremont-McKenna College)
• Jordan Norris, Heyu Xiong
  Ride-Sharing and the Geography of Consumption in Cities
  Presented by Jordan Norris (NYU Abu Dhabi)
• Caitlin Gorback
  Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity
  Presented by Caitlin Gorback (NBER)
• David Agrawal, Weihua Zhao
  Taxing Uber
  Presented by Weihua Zhao (University of Louisville)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06J. Rental Markets

Chairs: Hanchen Jiang (University of North Texas), Teemu Lyytikäinen (VATT Institute for Economic Research)

• Brian An, Andrew Jakabovics, Anthony Orlando, Seva Rodnyansky, Raphael Bostic
  Rental Affordability in the Wake of Natural Disasters
  Presented by Anthony Orlando (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
• Christian Hilber, Andreas Mense
  Decomposing Local House Price and Rent Dynamics in England
  Presented by Christian Hilber (London School of Economics)
• Essi Eerola, Tuomas Kosonen, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Teemu Lyytikäinen, Jarno Tuimala
  Tax Compliance in the Rental Housing Market: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  Presented by Teemu Lyytikäinen (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
• Hanchen Jiang, Luis Quintero, Xi Yang
  Does Rent Regulation Affect Tenant Unemployment? Evidence from New York City
  Presented by Hanchen Jiang (University of North Texas)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06K. Immigration

Chairs: Joan Monras (UPF/CREI and BGSE), Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)

• Yi Wu, Owen Tidwell, Donghui Li
  How Media Coverage Shape Immigrants’ Homeownership Beliefs?
  Presented by Yi Wu (University of Reading)
• Gustavo Cortes, Vinicios Sant'Anna
  Send Them Back? The Real Estate Consequences of Repatriations
  Presented by Vinicios Sant'Anna (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Nicolás González Pampillón, Jordi Jofre-Monseny
  How Do Cities Absorb a Large Immigration Shock?
  Presented by Jordi Jofre-Monseny (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB)
• Christoph Albert, Joan Monras
  The Regional Impact of Economic Shocks: Why Immigration Is Different Than Import Competition
  Presented by Joan Monras (UPF/CREI and BGSE)

October 17, 2020 14:00 to 16:00
06L. Transportation and Externalities

Chairs: Francis Ostermeijer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Nicolas Koch (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC))

• Yizhen Gu, Ben Zou
  Congestion Externalities of Public Transit
  Presented by Ben Zou (Michigan State University)
• Hans Koster, Francis Ostermeijer, Jos van Ommeren
  Citywide Parking Policy and Congestion: Evidence From Amsterdam
  Presented by Francis Ostermeijer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Nicolas Koch, Phi Nguyen, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf
  Machine Learning from Big GPS Data about the Costs of Congestion
  Presented by Nicolas Koch (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC))