Miren Lafourcade organized, jointly with Laurent Gobillon, the Regional and Urban Economics Seminar (RUES) on the topic “Transport and spatial sorting“, on 3rd May 2018, from 13:30 to 17:00, at the Ecole d’Economie de Paris.
Conference Venue :
Paris School of Economics – Ecole d’Economie de Paris (PSE) Room R1-21 (Main Building Oikos) 17, boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France Transport Access: RER B – stop at “Cité Universitaire” Metro line n°4 – stop at “Porte d’Orléans”, then walk 10mn or take tramline T3 and stop at “Institut Montsouris”
Conference Program :
13:30 Lecture 1 : Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (Université de Genève)
Title : “Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting” – with Stephan Fretz (Swissgrid) and Raphaël Parchet (USI)
Discussant : Isabelle Méjean (CREST-Ecole Polytechnique)
14:30 Lecture 2 : Helen Simpson (University of Bristol)
Title : “Commuting Fast and Slow : The Effects of High Speed Rail” – with Stephan Heblich (University of Bristol)
Discussant : Mariona Segú (RITM-University Paris Sud)
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Lecture 3 : Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (IEB-Universitat de Barcelona)
Title : “Amphitheaters, cathedrals and operas : The role of historic amenities on suburbanization” – with Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López and Ilias Pasidis (IEB-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Discussant : Benjamin Carantino (PSE-Paris School of Economics)