AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Diego Puga (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Friday, January 4, 8:00 AM

Friday, January 4, 8:00 AM

Session: The Economic Geography of Trade and Production (AEA)

Presiding: Stephen Redding (London School of Economics)

The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Gilles Duranton (University of Toronto)
Pierre-Philippe Combes (University of Aix-Marseille)
Laurent Gobillon (Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques)
Diego Puga (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Sebastien Roux (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques)
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Multiple Equilibria in Industrial Location: Evidence from German Airports
Stephen Redding (London School of Economics)
Daniel Sturm (London School of Economics)
Nikolaus Wolf (University of Warwick)

The Long Term Consequences of Regional Specialization
Guy Michaels (London School of Economics)
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The productivity, trade and institutional quality nexus: a panel analysis
Eleanor Doyle (Department of Economics, University College Cork, Ireland)
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso (Ibero Amerika Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, Germany and Department of Economics, Universitate Jaume I, Castellon, Spain)
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