Washington DC Urban Economics Day 2026

A casual place for serious research by DC-area urban economists.

GWU Textile Museum
701 21st Street NW
George Washington University
Friday May 22, 2026


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Schedule


10:15 Doors open. BYO coffee!
10:30 - 11:10 Carlos Hurtado, University of Richmond
“Local Spillovers of Startup Innovation”
11:10 - 11:20 Introductions
11:20 - noon Stephanie Kestelman, Arnold Ventures
“Effects of Transit-Oriented Incentive Programs: Evidence from Los Angeles”
noon - 12:40 Konhee Chang, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
“Price Discrimination Against Voucher Tenants”
12:40 - 1:40 Lunch
1:40- 2:20 Cory Smith, University of Maryland
“Two Centuries of Tiebout: Residential Sorting and Fiscal Policy”
2:20- 3:00 Camilo Hurtado, Interamerican Development Bank
“Superstar Zip Codes”
3:00 - 3:15 Break: Something to perk you up.
3:15 - 4:00 Paul Carrillo, George Washington University
“Agent Effort in Housing Search: Evidence from Open Houses”

Contact Leah Brooks, lfbrooks at gwu.edu, with questions.

Past conferences: Urban Day 2025, Urban Day 2024, Urban Day 2023, Urban Day 2022, Urban Day 2019, Urban Day 2018, Urban Day 2017, Urban Day 2016, Urban Day 2015 and Urban Day 2014.