Economics of Infrastructure.

• Position: Conferences

A conference on "Economics of Infrastructure" took place in Cambridge on March 2. Research Associates James M. Poterba of MIT and Edward L. Glaeser of Harvard University organized the meeting, which was supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER, and Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER, "The "Welfare Effects of Transportation Infrastructure Improvements"

* Marquise McGraw, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, "Airline Hub Airports and Local Economic Outcomes"

* Stephan Heblich, University of Bristol; Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER; and Daniel Sturm, London School of Economics, "The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London"

* David Albouy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER, and Arash Farahani, Independent Budget Office of the City of New York, "Valuing Public Goods More Generally: The Case of Infrastructure"

* Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal, and Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University, "Short- and Long-Run Effects of Rural...