PACIFIC SPACE PROGRAM

The Pacific Space Program — a spatial economics workshop for the Pacific West.

organized by Eckert · Parkhomenko · Schubert · Tricaud · hosted at UCLA Anderson · Apr 14–15, 2022

april 14

12:00 -- 12:55: Arrival and Lunch

12:55 -- 13:00: Opening Remarks

13:00 -- 14:00: Political Economy of Transport Investments: Evidence from the California High-Speed Rail
presenter: Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley)
discussant: Andrii Parkhomenko (USC)

14:00 -- 14:10: Break

14:10 -- 15:10: Exposure(s) to Trade and Earnings Dynamics
presenter: Jonathan Vogel (UCLA)
discussant: Monica Morlacco (USC)

15:10 -- 15:30: Break

15:30 -- 16:30: The Birthplace Premium
presenter: Miguel Zerecero (UC Irvine)
discussant: Jorge De la Roca (USC)

16:30 -- 16:40: Break

16:40 -- 17:40: Spatial Implications of Telecommuting
presenter: Andrii Parkhomenko (USC)
discussant: Nick Tsivanidis (UC Berkeley)

18:30: Dinner

april 15

8:00 -- 9:00: Breakfast

9:00 -- 10:00: Where is the Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption
presenter: Rebecca Diamond (Stanford)
discussant: Matt Kahn (USC)

10:00 -- 10:10: Break

10:10 -- 11:10: Spatial Structural Change
presenter: Fabian Eckert (UCSD)
discussant: Gregor Schubert (UCLA)

11:10 -- 11:30: Break

11:30 -- 12:30: The Immigrant Next Door
presenter: Thomas Chaney (USC)
discussant: Gaurav Khanna (UCSD)

12:30 -- 13:30: Lunch

14:00 -- 18:00: Hike in Hollywood Hills led by Clemence Tricaud

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the UCLA Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Program in Real Estate, Finance, and Urban Economics