U.S.-China economic analyses of urban congestion: What both countries can learn from each other
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With the fast pace of urbanization process, countries have now come to realize that congestion delays may affect specific sectors and even the overall economy. In a research conducted by Clifford Winston at Brookings Institution and Quentin Karpilow from Yale University, the scholars explored how congestion affects the California economy accounting for the growth in employment, GDP, wages, and freight flows. Moreover, they shed lights on what China may learn from this U.S. example.
The Brookings-Tsinghua Center hosted a two-day conference on U.S.-China economic analyses of urban congestion: What both countries can learn from Each Other. The conference started from Monday, 17 October 2016 at Room 302, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University and lasted until Tuesday, 18 October 2016.
Agenda
Session 1: A first step toward road pricing: The marginal congestion cost in Beijing
Shanjun Li
Associate Professor - The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Kenneth Small
Professor Emeritus - Department of Economics, University of California at Irvine
Tea break
Session 2: How does on-road traffic affect air quality? Analysis of the nonlinear relationship between vehicle traffic and air pollutants in Beijing
Ping Qin
Associate Professor - School of Economics, Renmin University of China
Shuai Chen
Researcher - School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University
Dan McMillen
Professor - Department of Economics and Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Tea break
Session 3: Vehicle size choice and automobile externalities in the United States: A dynamic analysis
Jia Yan
Associate Professor - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
Clifford Winston
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Kenneth Small
Professor Emeritus - Department of Economics, University of California at Irvine
Session 4: Beijing subway system pricing policies and road congestion
Siqi Zheng
Associate Professor - Institute of Real Estate Studies, Tsinghua University
Yizhen Gu
Assistant Professor - Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University
Kenneth Small
Professor Emeritus - Department of Economics, University of California at Irvine
Tea break
Session 5: Beijing's environmental factors and transportation choices
Jaimie Lien
Assistant Professor - Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jie Zheng
Assistant Professor - Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Matt Kahn
Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences - University of Southern California
Session 6: Fairness, efficiency, and the allocation mechanism for vehicle license plates: A comparison of related policies in Beijing and Shanghai
Tea break
Session 7: The effect of highway congestion on the U.S. economy's performance: A new perspective on the benefits of ameliorating traffic delays
Clifford Winston
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Matt Kahn
Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences - University of Southern California
Closing of the conference
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