The Pacific Space Program 2023

A Spatial Economics Workshop for the Pacific West

organized by
Fabian Eckert - Cecile Gaubert - Tim McQuade - Nick Tsivanidis

hosted at
University of California, Berkeley
supported by
The Haas School of Business

March 23 and 24, 2023

MARCH 23

12:00 -- 13:00: Arrival and Lunch

13:00 -- 14:00: Floating Population: Consumption and Location Choices of Rural Migrants in China
Presenter: Joan Monras
Discussant: Gregor Schubert

14:00 -- 14:10: Break

14:10 -- 15:10: Multimodal Transport Network
Presenter: Woan Foong Wong
Discussant: Reka Juhasz

15:10 -- 15:30: Break

15:30 -- 16:30: Efficiency Gains from Information and Communication Technology: A Spatial Analysis of Firm Geographic Expansion
Presenter: Xian Jiang
Discussant: Andrii Parkhomenko

16:30 -- 16:40: Break

16:40 -- 17:40: Size Matters: The Benefits of Large Labor Markets for Job Seekers
Presenter: Enrico Moretti
Discussant: Jorge De La Roca

18:30: Dinner at Gather Kitchen

MARCH 24

8:00 -- 9:00: Breakfast

9:00 -- 10:00: Housing Policy with Home Biased Landlords: Evidence from French Rental Market
Presenter: Antoine Levy
Discussant: Michael Reher

10:00 -- 10:10: Break

10:10 -- 11:10: The Distributional Effects of Uneven Regional Growth
Presenter: Brian Greaney
Discussant: Pablo Fajgelbaum

11:10 -- 11:30: Break

11:30 -- 12:30: The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Presenter: Ines Helm
Discussant: Antoine Levy

12:30 -- 13:30: Lunch