Registration

Click here to register for the conference.

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Dates and Times

All times Eastern Standard (GMT-5)
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Friday, December 11, 2020, 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 12 noon to 3:30 p.m.

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Sponsors

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Research Department

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Organizers

Gerald Carlino (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Gilles Duranton (Wharton School)
Jessie Handbury (Wharton School)
Jeffrey Lin (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

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Summary and format

As always, the goal of CURE is to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in urban and regional economics. This year, CURE will use a novel format to maximize value to participants in the online environment.

All participants agree to read the papers in advance. Presenters have 10 minutes to make an opening statement. The rest of the hour is devoted to panelist-led discussion including all conference participants.

Paper sessions will use WebEx. Links to the papers and sessions will be e-mailed to registered participants.

Participants may submit questions during the paper sessions or in advance of the conference via Sli.Do. Use a web browser or mobile device to access https://www.sli.do and enter the conference hashtag #CURE2020. Make sure to include your name so that the moderator may give you opportunity to ask your question during the paper session. You can also access session-specific Sli.Do rooms via the links below.

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Program and agenda

Jump to: Thursday Friday Saturday

We will use Gather.town for breaks and social hours.

Download pdf version of the agenda

Thursday, December 10

12:00 noon	Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico [submit a question] presenter: Alejandro Estefan, University of Notre Dame panelists: Michael Best, Columbia University Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne Nina Harari, University of Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m.	Break
1:30 p.m.	Moonshot: Public R&D and Economic Development [submit a question] presenter: Alexander Whalley, University of Calgary panelists: Adrien Bilal, University of Chicago and Harvard University Andrew Garin, University of Illinois Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
2:30 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	The Distributional Consequences of Trade: Evidence from the Repeal of the Corn Laws [slides] [submit a question] presenter: Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University panelists: Pierre-Philippe Combes, GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne Walker Hanlon, New York University Réka Juhász, Columbia University
4:00 p.m.	Social hour

Friday, December 11

12:00 noon	Unpacking Moving [submit a question] presenter: Elisa Giannone, Penn State University panelists: Alina Arefeva, University of Wisconsin Joan Monras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Charly Porcher, Dartmouth College and Georgetown University
1:00 p.m.	Break
1:30 p.m.	Local Productivity Spillovers [submit a question] presenter: Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, McGill University panelists: Gabriel Ahlfeldt, London School of Economics Jorge de la Roca, University of Southern California Eleonora Patacchini, Cornell University
2:30 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Plants in Space [submit a question] presenter: Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University panelists: Milena Almagro, New York University and University of Chicago Don Davis, Columbia University Conor Walsh, Princeton University and Columbia University
4:00 p.m.	Social hour

 

Saturday, December 12

12:00 noon	Non-Random Exposure to Exogenous Shocks: Theory and Applications [submit a question] presenter: Kirill Borusyak, University College London panelists: Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m.	Break
1:30 p.m.	Spatial Economics for Granular Settings [submit a question] presenter: Jonathan Dingel, University of Chicago panelists: Sebastian Sotelo, University of Michigan Oren Ziv, Michigan State University
2:30 p.m.	Social hour

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