Economics of Infrastructure Investment.

An NBER conference on Economics of Infrastructure Investment took place November 15-16 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:

* Leah Brooks, George Washington University, and Zachary Liscow, Yale University, "Is Infrastructure Spending Like Other Spending?"

* Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER, and Geetika Nagpal, Brown University, "Transportation Infrastructure in the US"

* Jennifer Bennett, Robert Kornfeld, and David Wasshausen, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER, "Measuring Infrastructure in BEA's National Economic Accounts"

* Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER, "Digital Infrastructure"

* Valerie A. Ramey, University of California, San Diego and NBER, "Macroeconomic Consequences of Infrastructure...