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Workshop on Public, Urban and Regional Economics
Public policies and the structure of our urban areas are thought to be two of the primary determinants of economic productivity and growth. In this two-day conference, researchers from across the country will present their research on the impact of public policies on local economies.
Agenda
Day One — Friday, February 26, 2016 |
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| 11:30 am | Registration |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Roberto Pinheiro— Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland “Spatial Sorting and Job Polarization” with Jan Eeckhout and Kurt Schmidheiny |
| 2:15 – 3:15 pm | David Agrawal— University of Kentucky “Commuting and Taxes: Theory, Empirics, and Welfare Implications” with William H. Hoyt |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Jeffrey Zabel— Tufts University “Vacancies in Housing and Labor Markets” with Yannis M. Ioannides |
| 4:30 – 6:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinnerand Keynote Speaker: Stuart Rosenthal— Syracuse University “The Vertical City: Rent Gradients and Spatial Structure” |
Day Two — Saturday, February 27, 2016 |
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| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | Shawn Rohlin— Kent State University “Local Sales Taxes, Employment, and Tax Competition” with Jeffrey P. Thompson |
| 9:45 – 10:45 am | Caroline Weber— University of Oregon “The Behavioral Response to Housing Transfer Taxes: Evidence from a Notched Change in D.C. Policy” with Joel Slemrod and Hui Shan |
| 11:00 – 12:00 pm | Keith Ihlanfeldt— Florida State University “School Segregation and the Foreclosure Crisis” with Tom Mayock |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Dionissi Aliprantis— Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland “Neighborhood Dynamics and the Distribution of Opportunity” with Daniel Carroll |
| 2:00 pm | Adjourn |
Co-Sponsors: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and University of Kentucky