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    Densely Speaking: Conversations About Cities, Economics & Law

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    S2E6 - Diego Puga's Favorite Urban Economics Papers of 2021 Feb 18, 2022
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    Diego Puga's Favorite Urban Economics Papers of 2021

    Diego Puga is Professor of Economics at CEMFI in Madrid, Spain. In recent years, he has made a tradition of sharing his favorite urban economics papers of the year (specifically, urban econ articles published in the calendar year). In this interview, we chat about his favorites from 2021. They appear below as well as in this thread. He did similar threads for 2020, 2019, and 2018.

    Diego’s Ten Favorite Urban Econ Articles Published in 2021:

    1. The Internal Spatial Organization of Firms: Evidence from Denmark by Camilo Acosta and Ditte Håkonsson Lygnemark in the Journal of Urban Economics.
    2. Location as an Asset by Adrien Bilal and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg in Econometrica.
    3. The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France by Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, and Laurent Gobillon in the Journal of Political Economy.
    4. Are Poor Cities Cheap for Everyone? Non-Homotheticity and the Cost of Living Across U.S. Cities by Jessie Handbury in Econometrica.
    5. East-Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighborhood Sorting by Stephan Heblich, Alex Trew, and Yanos Zylberberg in the Journal of Political Economy.
    6. Building the City: From Slums to a Modern Metroplis by J. Vernon Henderson, Tanner Regan, and Anthony J. Venables in the Review of Economic Studies.
    7. Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long-Run Evidence from Tanzania by Guy Michaels, Dzhamilya Nigmatulina, Ferdinand Rauch, Tanner Regan, Neeraj Baruah, and Amanda Dahlstrand in the Journal of Political Economy.
    8. The Effect of High-Tech Clusters on the Productivity of Top Inventors by Enrico Moretti in the American Economic Review.
    9. Commuting and Innovation: Are Closer Inventors More Productive? by Hongyu Xiao, Andy Wu, and Jaeho Kim in the Journal of Urban Economics.
    10. The Economics of Speed: The Electrification of the Streetcar System and the Decline of Mom-and-Pop Stores in Boston, 1885-1905 by Wei You in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

    Appendices:

    Diego Puga: Provides examples of areas where urban economists could benefit from more interaction with urban planners to get better information about whether new initiatives are actually doing what we claim they do, including superblocks in Barcelona and the 15 Minute City in Paris. Eg: Super Blocks in Barcelona; The 15 Minute City.

    Greg Shill: Musings on the Boston streetcar paper (Economics of Speed), Location as an Asset, and the interaction between real estate prices and firm experimentation, noting the role of Kaldi’s, a local coffee roaster/distributor, in raising the floor for the quality of coffee at locations in St. Louis (where Greg is visiting at Washington University School of Law this semester). Eg: an interview with the founder.

    Jeff Lin: On (Not) Reading Papers by Jan Hendrik Kirchner and Reading Books Versus Engaging With Them by Holden Karnofsky.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill, and @ProfDiegoPuga

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S2E5 - Peter Norton, The Past and Future of Driving in High-Tech Cities Jan 24, 2022
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    Peter Norton, The Past and Future of Driving in High-Tech Cities

    Peter Norton is an associate professor of history in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the new book Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving as well as Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City and Persistent Pedestrianism: Urban Walking in Motor Age America, 1920s-1960s.

    Appendices:

    Peter Norton: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

    Greg Shill: How Reporters Can Evaluate Automated Driving Announcements by Bryant Walker Smith; Rewriting Our Nation’s Deadly Traffic Manual by Gregory H. Shill and Sara C. Bronin; Did Highways Cause Suburbanization? by Nathaniel Baum-Snow; and Freeway Revolts!: The Quality of Life Effects of Highways by Jeffrey Lin and Jeffrey Brinkman.

    Jeff Lin: Changing Lanes: Visions and Histories of Urban Freeways by Joseph F.C. DiMento and Cliff Ellis.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, and @greg_shill.

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S2E4 - Marcus Casey, The Evolution of Black Neighborhoods Since Kerner Dec 24, 2021
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    Marcus Casey - The Evolution of Black Neighborhoods Since Kerner

    Marcus Casey is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. Author of The Evolution of Black Neighborhoods Since Kerner (with Bradley L. Hardy). [N.B. "Kerner" refers to the Kerner Commission Report on the Causes, Causes, Events, and Aftermaths of the Civil Disorders of 1967, available here.]

    Leah Brooks Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, and author of the recent paper The Long-Run Impact of the 1968 Washington, DC Civil Disturbance (with Jonathan Rose, Daniel Shoag, and Stan Veuger).

    Appendices:

    Marcus Casey: (1) Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City by St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton and (2) the TV show Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime.

    Greg Shill: Measuring Racism and Discrimination in Economic Data by Marcus Casey and Randall Akee.

    Jeff Lin: (1) Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide by Jonathan Rodden and (2) The Ecology of a Black Business District by Franklin D. Wilson. [N.B. Check out the Densely Speaking interview with Jonathan Rodden about his book (S1E6, Nov. 5, 2020).]

    Leah Brooks: Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism by Paul Sabin.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill, @MarcDCase.

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S2E3 - Matt Kahn and Mac McComas, Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities Oct 25, 2021
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    Matt Kahn and Mac McComas - Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities

    Matt Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California, and Mac McComas, senior program manager at John Hopkins’ 21st Century Cities Initiative, joins us to discuss their recent book, Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities.

    Appendices:

    Mac McComas: Two episodes of Jennifer Doleac's podcast Probable Causation: Episode 33: Jason Lindo on Violent Media Content and Episode 16: Stephen Billings on Lead and Crime.

    Matt Kahn: Stephen A’s World on ESPN.

    Greg Shill: Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?

    Jeff Lin: Rethinking Detroit by Raymond Owens III, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, and Pierre-Daniel Sarte.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill, @mattkahn1966, and @MacMc21CC.

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S2E2 - Cailin Slattery, Bidding for Firms Sep 13, 2021
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    Cailin Slattery, Bidding for Firms

    Cailin R. Slattery, Assistant Professor of Business, Economics Division, Columbia Business School, joins us to discuss her paper: Bidding for Firms: Subsidy Competition in the U.S.

    David R. Agrawal joins as guest co-host. He is Associate Professor, Martin School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Kentucky, and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, and an author of Local Policy Choice: Theory and Empirics and Relocation of the Rich: Migration in Response to Top Tax Rate Changes From Spanish Reforms.

    Appendices:

    Cailin Slattery: Planet Money Episode 699: Why Did the Job Cross the Road?

    David Agrawal: Making Sense Of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives to Promote Prosperity by Timothy J. Bartik, and A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies by Nathaniel Hendren and Ben Sprung-Keyser.

    Jeff Lin: Reply All Episode 132: Negative Mount Pleasant

    Greg Shill: Rules of the Road: The Struggle for Safety and the Unmet Promise of Federalism by Sara C. Bronin.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill, @Cailin_Slattery, and @DavidRAgrawal.

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S2E1 - Rebecca Sanders and Robert Schneider, Fatal Pedestrian Crash Locations and Characteristics Aug 13, 2021
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    Rebecca Sanders and Robert Schneider, Fatal Pedestrian Crash Locations and Characteristics

    First episode in the new season of Densely Speaking: Conversations About Cities, Economics & Law. We release new interviews periodically. Take a spin through our back catalogue and subscribe so you don't miss our next release.

    Rebecca Sanders is the Founder and Principal Investigator of Safe Streets Research & Consulting, LLC. Robert Schneider is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

    Tara Goddard is an Assistant Professor at Texas A & M University College of Architecture.

    Kelcie Ralph is an Assistant Professor at Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

    Appendices:

    Robert Schneider: International Transport Forum Road Safety Annual Report 2020

    Rebecca Sanders: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Comments Docket. N.B. The formal comments period has closed, but the agency has advised that "[l]ate-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable."

    Tara Goddard: Let’s Make the Shared Spaces Program Permanent by London Breed (SF mayor)

    Kelcie Ralph: The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz

    Greg Shill: Sustainable City Code. N.B. Greg filed (together with Sara Bronin) a comment to the MUTCD rulemaking that Rebecca mentioned in her Appendix.

    Jeff Lin: Can Behavioral Interventions Be Too Salient? Evidence From Traffic Safety Messages by Jonathan D. Hall and Joshua Madsen.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill, @DrTaraGoddard, @KMRalph, @PedBikeBob, @rebeccalsanders

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S1E15 - Transportation Law Symposium Special - Beth Osborne (Keynote) Apr 26, 2021
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    Transportation Law Symposium Special - Beth Osborne (Keynote)

    Today episode is the sixth and final in a special series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium, hosted by the Iowa Law Review and featuring scholars from multiple disciplines.

    After a brief intro from show co-host Greg Shill, Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America, speaks. Her remarks are followed by Q&A.

    Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America

    Symposium Program

    Article ("Unsafe Streets' New Liability") mentioned by Greg in Q&A

    Article ("Rules of the Road: The Struggle for Safety and the Unmet Promise of Federalism") by Sara Bronin relating to her question in Q&A

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @gregshill, @BethOsborneT4A,

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S1E14 - Transportation Law Symposium Special - Transportation & Finance Apr 05, 2021
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    Transportation Law Symposium Special: Transportation & Finance

    Today is the fifth in a special mini-series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, the recent Symposium on The Future of Law & Transportation, hosted by the Iowa Law Review and featuring scholars from multiple disciplines.

    After a brief intro from University of Iowa Law Professor and Densely Speaking co-host Greg Shill, each scholar speaks for about 12 minutes, then takes Q&A.

    Pamela Foohey (Professor of Law, Indiana University-Bloomington Maurer School of Law): “Bursting the Auto Loan Bubble in the Wake of COVID-19”

    Randall Johnson (Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law): “Why Illinois Should Eliminate Its Video Tolling Subsidy”

    This panel is moderated by University of Baltimore Law Professor Audrey McFarlane.

    Symposium Program

    Programming note: a new season of Densely Speaking episodes in traditional interview format will begin later in the spring.

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @gregshill, @PamelaFoohey.

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S1E13 - Transportation Law Symposium Special - Transportation Planning & Land Use II Mar 15, 2021
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    Transportation Law Symposium Special - Transportation Planning & Land Use II

    Today's is the fourth in a mini series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium, featuring scholars from multiple disciplines.

    After a brief intro from Greg Shill, each scholar speaks and takes Q&A. The panelists are:

    Janice Griffith (Suffolk University Professor of Law): “Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Evolving Roles as Transportation Planning Incorporates Environmental and Sustainability Goals”

    Noah Kazis (Legal Fellow at the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University School of Law and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service): “Transportation, Land Use, and the Sources of Hyper-Localism”

    Kenneth Stahl (Professor and Director, Environmental Land Use and Real Estate Law Program, Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law): “Integrating Transportation Policy into the Land Use Curriculum”

    Darien Shanske (Professor of Law, University of California-Davis School of Law) co-author Deb Niemeier (Clark Distinguished Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering): “Subsidizing Sprawl, Segregation and Regressivity: A Deep Dive into Sublocal Tax Districts”

    Symposium Program

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @gregshill, @n_kazis, and Ken Stahl (@kookie13).

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


    S1E12 - Transportation Law Symposium Special - Mobility, Segregation & Polarization Feb 22, 2021
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    The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium: Mobility, Segregation & Polarization

    Today's is the third in a special series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, featuring scholars from multiple disciplines.

    After a brief intro from Greg Shill, each scholar speaks for about 12 minutes, followed by Q&A.

    Clayton Nall (UC Santa Barbara Department of Political Science): “The Road to Inequality and Political Constraints on Legislating a Green New Deal”

    Deborah Archer (Professor of Clinical Law and Co-Faculty Director, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, New York University School of Law): “Transportation Policy and the Underdevelopment of Black Communities”

    Daniel Rodriguez (Harold Washington Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law): “Road Wary: Transportation, Law, and the Problem of Escape”

    Symposium Program

    Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @gregshill, @ClaytonNall, @DeborahNArcher, @DBRodriguez5.

    Producer: Schuyler Pals.

    The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.


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