NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002
Public Policy and Real Estate Markets Workshop
Joe Gyourko, Chris Mayer, and Todd Sinai, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 30, 2002
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 29:
6:00 PM Clambake
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
TUESDAY, JULY 30:
8:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
8:30 AM SUMIT AGARWAL, FleetBoston Financial
JOHN DRISCOLL, Brown University and NBER
DAVID I. LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER
When Should Borrowers Refinance Their Mortgages?
Discussant: SHERIDAN TITMAN, University of Texas and NBER
9:30 AM STEVEN D. LEVITT, University of Chicago and NBER
CHAD SYVERSON, University of Chicago
Discussant: TOBIAS MOSKOWITZ, University of Chicago and NBER
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM ALBERT SAIZ, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities
Discussant: SANDRA BLACK, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
12:00 N Lunch
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1:00 PM CHRISTIAN HILBER, University of Pennsylvania
CHRISTOPHER J. MAYER, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 PM ANDREW HAUGHWOUT, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
ROBERT INMAN, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Should Suburbs Help Their Central Cities?
Discussant: WILLIAM STRANGE, University of Toronto
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM WILLIAM WHEATON, MIT
Discussant: EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER
4:30 PM Adjourn
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