The Pacific Space Program 2025

A Spatial Economics Workshop for the Pacific West

organized by
Jorge De la Roca - Fabian Eckert - Marco Giacoletti - Andrii Parkhomenko - Gregor Schubert - Clemence Tricaud

hosted at
University of Southern California
supported by
Marshall School of Business

February 20 and 21, 2025

FEBRUARY 20

12:00 -- 12:50: Lunch and Welcome

12:50 -- 13:00: Opening Remarks

13:00 -- 14:00: Regional Banks, Aggregate Effects
Presenter: Quinn Maingi
Discussant: Benny Kleinman

14:00 -- 14:15: Break

14:15 -- 15:15: The Spatial and Distributive Implications of Working-from-Home: A General Equilibrium Model
Presenter: Morgane Richard
Discussant: Brian Greaney

15:15 -- 15:30: Break

15:30 -- 16:30: The Global Value of Cities
Presenter: Gaurav Khanna
Discussant: Miguel Zerecero

16:30 -- 16:45: Break

16:45 -- 17:45: Trade and the End of Antiquity
Presenter: Thomas Chaney
Discussant: Jonathan Vogel

18:30: Dinner

FEBRUARY 21

8:00 -- 8:30: Breakfast

8:30 -- 9:30: The Geographical Leakage of Environmental Regulation: Evidence from the Clean Air Act
Presenter: Weiting Miao
Discussant: Levi Crews

9:30 -- 9:45: Break

9:45 -- 10:45: Age Structure and Housing Affordability
Presenter: Gregor Schubert
Discussant: Jan Brueckner

10:45 -- 11:00: Break

11:00 -- 12:00: The Geography of Innovative Firms
Presenter: Benny Kleinman
Discussant: Pablo Fajgelbaum

12:00: Lunch and Adjourn