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Regional Science: The Next Fifty Years |
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| Thursday, April 23, 2009 | |
| 7:30 – 8:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction Marlon Boarnet, University of California Irvine Mark Partridge, Ohio State University Gilles Duranton, University of Toronto |
| 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Session 1: Future Frontiers for the New Economic Geography (NEG)
Moderator and Discussant: Kristian Behrens, University of Quebec at Montreal |
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. | Session 2: Methodological Innovations Misbehavioral Urban Economics  Marcus Berliant, Washington University Presentation >> On Spatial Dynamics Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University Klaus Desmet, Universidad Carlos III Presentation >> Drs. Muth and Mills meet Dr. Tiebout: Integrating Location-Specific Amenities into Multi-Community Equilibrium Models Holger Sieg, Carnegie Mellon University Dennis Epple, Carnegie Mellon University Brett Gordon, Columbia University Presentation >> Structural, Experimentalist, and Descriptive Approaches to Empirical Work in Regional Economics Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota Moderator and Discussant: Pat Bayer, Duke University |
| 11:45 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:45 p.m. | Session 3: Data and Empirical Methods The Data Avalanche is Here "Gis a job": What use Geographical Information Systems in Spatial Economics? The Future of Spatial Econometrics |
| 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 – 5:00 p.m. | Session 4: Geography and the Regional World |
| 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. | Break |
| 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. | Reception Federal Reserve Bank of New York Reception includes light (hot and cold) refreshments, beer, wine, soft drinks Dinner (not provided) |
| Friday, April 24, 2009 | |
| 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Session 5: Topical Linkages New Directions for Urban Economic Models of Land Use Change: Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity and Transitional Dynamics Elena Irwin, The Ohio State University Modern Macroeconomics and Regional Economic Modeling Dan Rickman, Oklahoma State University Presentation >> Neighborhood Effects: Accomplishments and Looking Beyond them Yannis Ioannides, Tufts University Giorgio Topa, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Quantitative Geography Alan Murray, Arizona State University Presentation >> Moderator and Discussant: Carmen Flores, University of Florida |
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Session 6: Urbanization Welcome to the Neighborhood: How Can Regional Science Contribute to Study of Neighborhoods? Ingrid Gould Ellen and Kathryn O’Regan, New York University Management of Large City Regions: Designing Efficient Metropolitan Fiscal Policies Andy Haughwout, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Cities and Development Vernon Henderson, Brown University and National Bureau of Economic Research Moderator and Discussant: Georgeanne Artz, University of Missouri |
| 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Session 7: City Economies, Transport, Real Estate, and Skills Reforming road user charges: A research challenge for regional science Robin Lindsey, University of Alberta Presentation >> Feedback between Real Estate and Urban Economics Todd Sinai, University of Pennsylvania Elements of Skill: Traits, Intelligences, and Agglomeration Will Strange, University of Toronto Bernardo Blum, University of Toronto Marigee Bacolod, University of California, Irvine The magnitude and causes of agglomeration economies Diego Puga, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (IMDEA) Social Sciences Moderator and Discussant: Grace Wong Bucchianeri, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Conclusion and Last Word JW Harrington, University of Washington thoughts on overview and themes |
| (Note: Each presenter has 15 minutes, discussant has 15 minutes, and 30 minutes for audience discussion.) | |
