Washington DC Urban Economics Day 2022

A casual place for serious research by DC-area urban economists.

Churchill Room, Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
George Washington University
Friday May 20, 2022


RSVP Required 72 hours in advance. Proof of vaccination required for RSVP.

Schedule


9:00 Doors open. Coffee, but no breakfast since you can't eat inside.
9:30 - 9:45 Introductions
9:45 - 10:30 Jacob Krimmel, Federal Reserve Board
“Reclaiming Local Control: School Finance Reforms and Housing Supply Restrictions”
[paper]
10:30 - 11:15 Luis Quintero, Johns Hopkins University
“Measuring the Value of Rent Stabilization and Understanding its Implications for Racial Inequality: Evidence from New York City”
[paper]
joint with Ruoyu Chen and Hanchen Jiang
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30- 12:15 Nathaniel Harris and Chuanhao Lin, graduate students, George Washington University
“Zoning Regulations: Have We Confused the Cure with the Disease?”
[paper]
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch: You can't eat inside so we can't host!
1:30 - 2:15 Daniel Ringo, Federal Reserve Board
“Cyclical Volatility in Home Sales and Prices: Supply or Demand?”
[paper]
joint with Elliot Anenberg
2:15 - 3:00 Stan Veuger, American Enterprise Institute
“Moving to Density: Half a Century of Housing Costs and Wage Premia from Queens to King Salmon”
[paper]
joint with Philip Hoxie and Daniel Shoag
3:00 - 3:15 Break: Hopefully something to perk you up.
3:15 - 4:00 Ferdinando Monte
“A Penny for your Thoughts”
[paper]
joint with W. Walker Hanlon, Stephan Heblich, and Martin B. Schmitz

Contact Leah Brooks, lfbrooks at gwu.edu, with questions. Many thanks to Nicholas Li for helping to review this year's papers.

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Past conferences: Urban Day 2019, Urban Day 2018, Urban Day 2017, Urban Day 2016, Urban Day 2015 and Urban Day 2014.