Conference in Urban and Regional Economics (CURE)

Venue: CEMFI, Casado del Alisal 5, Madrid
Organizers:
Miren Lafourcade (University Paris-Saclay, Paris School of Economics & CEPR),
Diego Puga (CEMFI & CEPR)
and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (Univ. Barcelona, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona & CEPR)

Programme
Wednesday, 1 December

 

 

13:00

Lunch (Expressio, Espalter 9)

 

 

14:45-15:00

Welcome remarks

 

 

15:00-15:40

The Death and Life of Great British Cities
Dávid Krisztián Nagy, CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra & BSE
(with Stephan Heblich, Alex Trew, and Yanos Zylberberg)

15:40-15:50

Discussant: Lin Tian, INSEAD and CEPR

15:50-16:00

Discussant: Javier Quintana González, Banco de España

 

 

16:10-16:20

Break

 

 

16:20-17:00

Urban Welfare: Tourism in Barcelona
Rocío Madera, Southern Methodist University
(with Treb Allen, Simon Fuchs, Sharat Ganapati, Alberto Graziano, and Judit Montoriol-Garriga)

17:00-17:10

Discussant: Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López, Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona & IEB)

17:10-17:20

Discussant: Marcelo Sartarelli, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and ICAE

 

 

17:30-17:40

Break

 

 

17:40-18:20

Delayed Childbearing and Gentrification
Ana Moreno-Maldonado, CUNEF
(with Clara Santamaria)

18:20-18:30

Discussant: Rosa Sanchis-Guarner, University of Barcelona & IEB

18:30-18:40

Discussant: Laura Hospido, Banco de España

 

 

18:50-19:00

Break

 

 

19:00-19:40

Scars of War: The Local Legacy of WWI Deaths on British Soldiers
Luca Repetto, Uppsala University
(with Felipe Carozzi and Edward Pinchbeck)

19:40-19:50

Discussant: Federico Curci, CUNEF

19:50-20:00

Discussant: Anja Grujovic, SwissRe Institute, CEMFI & CEPR

 

 

21:00

Dinner (Zerain, Quevedo 3)

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 2 December

 

 

 

13:00

Lunch (Expressio, Espalter 9)

 

 

15:00-15:40

Prime Locations
Gabriel M. Ahlfeld, London School of Economics, CEPR, CESifo & CEP
(with Thilo N. H. Albers and Kristian Behrens)

15:40-15:50

Discussant: Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Universitat de Barcelona & IEB

15:50-16:00

Discussant: Dennis Novy, University of Warwick, CEP & CEPR

 

 

16:10-16:20

Break

 

 

16:20-17:00

Local Barriers to Housing Density and Reducing Costs
Amrita Kulka, University of Warwick
(with Nick Chiumenti and Aradhya Sood)

17:00-17:10

Discussant: Pierre Magontier, University of Bern & CRED

17:10-17:20

Discussant: Kirill Borusyak, University College London & CEPR

 

 

17:30-17:40

Break

 

 

17:40-18:20

The Sky is Not the Limit: The Macroeconomic Consequences of Commercial Zoning Laws
Fil Babalievsky, University of Minnesota
(with Kyle Herkenhoff, Lee E. Ohanian, and Edward C. Prescott)

18:20-18:30

Discussant: Marcel Henkel, University of Bern & CRED

18:30-18:40

Discussant: Giacomo Ponzetto, CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, BSE & CEPR

 

 

18:50-19:00

Break

 

 

19:00-19:40

The Geography of Structural Transformation: Effects on Inequality and Mobility
Kohei Takeda, London School of Economics

19:40-19:50

Discussant: Clara Santamaría, Universidad Carlos III

19:50-20:00

Discussant: Bruno Conte, Università di Bologna