The Pacific Space Program 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