Economics of Infrastructure.

• Position: Conference

An NBER conference on the Economics of Infrastructure took place March 1 in Cambridge. Research Associates Edward L. Glaeser of Harvard University and James M. Poterba of MIT organized the meeting, which was sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley, "The Private Impact of Public Information: Landsat Satellite Maps and Gold Exploration"

* Shoshana Vasserman and Valentin Bolotnyy, Harvard University, "Scaling Auctions as Insurance: A Case Study in Infrastructure Procurement"

* Christoph Boehm, University of Texas at Austin, "Government Consumption and Investment: Does the Composition of Purchases Affect the Multiplier?"

* Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER, and Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER, "Trade, Structural Transformation, and Development: Evidence from Argentina 1869-1914"

* Daniel Leff Yaffe, University of California, San...