FRIDAY
3rd FEBRUARY

12.30—1.30 pm

LUNCH  

1.30—2.00 pm

WELCOME 

David Brownstone, Chair, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine
Barbara Dosher, Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Will Recker, Director, Insititute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine

2.00—3.30 pm

SESSION I
Chair JAN BRUECKNER (University of California, Irvine)

Stef Proost (CES-KULeuven)
Paper: "Strategic Investment and Pricing Decisions in a Congested Transport Corridor"
Discussant: Seiji Steimetz (California State University, Long Beach)

Erik Verhoef (Free University of Amsterdam)
Paper: "Second-Best Road Pricing Through Highway Franchising"
Discussant: Marlon Boarnet (University of California, Irvine)

3.30—4.00 pm

BREAK  

4.00—5.30 pm

SESSION II
Chair AMELIA REGAN (University of California, Irvine)

Richard Arnott (Boston College)
Paper: "Congestion Tolling and Uninternalized Agglomeration Externalities"
Discussant: Amihai Glazer (University of California, Irvine)

Vernon Henderson (Brown University)
Paper: "Determinants of City Growth In Brazil"
Discussant: Genevieve Giuliano (University of Southern California)

6.30 pm

DINNER 
at Hotel Laguna, Catalina Room

SATURDAY
4th FEBRUARY

9.00—10.00 am

BUFFET BREAKFAST

10.00—11.30 pm

SESSION III
Chair JEAN-DANIEL SAPHORES (University of California, Irvine)

Kurt Van Dender (University of California, Irvine)
Paper: "Determinants of U.S. Airport Revenues"
Discussant: Volodymyr Bilotkach (University of California, Irvine)

Ian W.H. Parry (Resources for the Future)
Paper: "On the Welfare Costs of Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Passenger Vehicles"
Discussant: David Brownstone (University of California, Irvine)

11.30—12.30 pm

LUNCH BUFFET 

12.30—2.00 pm

SESSION IV
Chair JUN ISHII (University of California, Irvine)

Winston Harrington (Resources for the Future)
Paper: "Transit in Washington DC: Current Benefits and Optimal Level of Provision" (with Elena Safirova, Peter Nelson, Abram Lipman, and Drew Baglino)
Discussant: Tom Golob (University of California, Irvine)

Clifford Winston (Brookings Institution)
Paper: "On The Social Desirability of Urban Rail Transit Systems"
Discussant: Charles Lave (University of California, Irvine)

2.00—2.30 pm

BREAK  

2.30—5.00 pm

SESSION V
Chair IVAN JELIAZKOV (University of California, Irvine)

Alex Anas (SUNY Buffalo)
Paper: "A Unified Theory of Consumption and Travel" (revised February 2006)
Discussant: Kenneth Train (University of California, Berkeley)

Andréde Palma (Universite de Cergy-Pontoise)
Paper: "Discrete Choice Models with Capacity Constraints: An Empirical Analysis of the Housing Market of the Greater Paris Region," (with Nathalie Picard and Paul Waddell)
Discussant: Cheng Hsiao (University of Southern California)