The Pacific Space Program 2024

A Spatial Economics Workshop for the Pacific West

organized by
Fabian Eckert - Michael Reher - Gregor Schubert

hosted at
University of California, San Diego
supported by
The Rady School of Management and the UCSD Academic Senate

April 4 and 5, 2024

APRIL 4

12:00 -- 13:00: Lunch

13:00 -- 14:00: Accessibility, City Size, and Economic Development
Presenter: Victor Couture

14:00 -- 14:15: Break

14:15 -- 15:15: Dynamic Urban Economics
Presenter: Andrii Parkhomenko
Discussant: Miguel Zerecero

15:15 -- 15:30: Break

15:30 -- 16:15: Insuring Landlords
Presenter: Antoine Levy

16:15 -- 17:00: Understanding Excess Repayment
Presenter: Jack Liebersohn

17:00 -- 17:15: Break

17:15 -- 18:00: Measuring and Estimating Retail Productivity
Presenter: Ajay Shenoy

18:00 -- 18:45: Bunching in Real-Estate Markets: Regulated Building Heights in New York City
Presenter: Jan Brueckner

19:00: Dinner at Cafe Milano, La Jolla

APRIL 5

8:00 -- 8:30: Breakfast

8:30 -- 9:30: Return Migration and Human Capital Flows
Presenter: Timothy McQuade
Discussant: Gaurav Khanna

9:30 -- 9:45: Break

9:45 -- 10:45: Public and Private Transit: Evidence from Lagos
Presenter: Nick Tsivanidis
Discussant: Craig McIntosh

10:45 -- 11:00: Break

11:00 -- 12:00: The Trade-Creating Effect of Immigrants: Evidence from Detailed Purchase Data
Presenter: Torsten Jaccard
Discussant: Munseob Lee

12:00 -- 13:00: Lunch