The Director of my UCLA Institute has just edited a special issue for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Here is Glen MacDonald's PNAS Volume link.
If homes weren't durable (and thus melted in one year like a piece of pizza), how many people would live in Detroit today? Glaeser and Gyourko argue that Detroit's population would be much smaller.
My Grist Blog entry on Climatopolis. I thank Grist for being open minded and fair.
Grist has republished an angry review of Climatopolis. Permit me to make two points about myself and my work on the economics of climate change.
1. I would love to see the world reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but I don't believe that we will in medium term.
1. I would love to see the world reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but I don't believe that we will in medium term.
In this column, Paul Krugman says some wise stuff. As an applied micro economist, he starts with some facts: "Oil is back above $90 a barrel. Copper and cotton have hit record highs. Wheat and corn prices are way up.
I wonder if Hayek owned a cell phone? This article about the cell phone reports that soon you will be able to determine whether you are exposed to high levels of air pollution just by waving your phone around.
Don Fullerton tells all here. What's new in urban economics? You have a choice. You can read this or this.
An example worth reading. You won't learn much about our future under climate change but you will see a laundry list of uncertainties related to how climate change will affect us in the future.
The Yale Students who Joel Waldfogel surveyed at the start of his Scroogenomics research project could never have anticipated that someone could order this "Gift" as a public speaker for their event. Call now.
My Christmas gifts to you include My blog entry and Lucas Davis's academic paper. The key issue here is the Becker --- full price of operating the energy using product.
A rare major snowstorm in Europe has crippled airports as major airports such as Heathrow were caught unprepared for a major storm. Stranded customers are angry and wondering why the airport didn’t have a contingency plan (or snow trucks) to handle serious snow.
This is my last blog post for a week or so. I'm going to Berkeley.
Bill Testa of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has provided a very nice facts based assessment of where the Midwest now stands. Below, I show you the type of evidence he presents as he makes the case that the Midwest is overly invested in manufacturing.
Joe Romm is a smart angry man. He throws some new punches at my Climatopolis. Under the scenario that greenhouse gas concentrations reach 1000 ppm (which sounds high and if we reach that number this would take place in the year 2200?), some of the scenarios he sketches may play out.
If a nuclear bomb goes off in your city, go inside or stay in your car. This article offers some survival tips.
"Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb.
"Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb.
Here is my "webinar" for Harvard Business Review. Angelia Herrin and I discuss the future of cities, the smart grid and the broad issue of how different cities will adapt to climate change.
Climatopolis is meant to challenge the conventional wisdom of how climate change will affect urbanites. Neo-classical economists have a very different view of how humans cope with shocks relative to most environmentalists and behavioral economists.
The World Policy Institute has published My blog entry about cities and climate change on its webpage but they politely told me that they would not publish it in their print version. I can take a punch. We economists live at the margin and I guess so does my written output.
Who said that I've stopped doing research? Samuel Dastrup, Joshua Graff-Zivin, Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn have just released this residential real estate and solar panels working paper.
Jeremy Siegel has already convinced me to hold stocks for the long run. Now, he is getting more ambitious as he seeks to study current events.
I lived in Manhattan from 1968 until 1973 and from 1993 until 2000. So, I've seen Manhattan at two different points in time. Now, I'm just another tourist. But, in early February 2011 --- I will make my return with My NYU Talk on February 3rd 2011.
Kids who live in apartments are exposed to more second hand smoke even if their parents don't smoke. No, this isn't an income effect. Rich people live in apartments in New York City and this offers a decent control group.
The nerds who publish in Pediatrics have a new study.
The nerds who publish in Pediatrics have a new study.
Caracas, Venezuela has an older vehicle stock.
Margot Roosevelt has written a piece for the LA Times about the Cancun Climate Summit. At the end of her piece, several anonymous authors have offered comments. Their comments are revealing but I do not endorse any of them. Comment #2 below is funny.
Permit me to quote from this NYU Medical School Blurb about my favorite dad. Take a look at the photo below. He inherited my hair. For folks who wonder why I'm a pretty good teacher, you can figure this out from the hints below.
Example #1 and Example #2 and Example #3 but don't forget to study Joe Romm's calm Example #4.
Judge for yourself and click here. If you bother, you will see a defense of capitalism as our best hope of adapting to climate change.
Judge for yourself and click here. If you bother, you will see a defense of capitalism as our best hope of adapting to climate change.
David Satterthwaite has written a tough review of my Climatopolis book. Below I take an objective look at his 4 points.
Yes, Dean Hallo rebuilt my Westwood home close to UCLA. Until today, I didn't know that I had seen him on the silver screen in a Seinfeld episode and in the movies City Slickers and Honeymoon in Vegas. He never mentioned to me that he knows Nic Cage.
In a world where we know what treatments are effective and we had the resources to treat everyone then there would be no tradeoffs to consider. But, we do not live in such a world.
UCLA's School of Public Health has many excellent scholars. This link highlights some recent work making maps. To quote this article,
"The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, which conducts the state’s largest state health survey in CHIS, uses GIS for other kinds of analyses.
"The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, which conducts the state’s largest state health survey in CHIS, uses GIS for other kinds of analyses.
Keynes vs. Hicks: Lee Ohanian's OPED in the Wall Street Journal
"John Hicks, another British economist, wrote to Keynes that his tax proposals would stifle savings and growth, as investors and business would respond to the changes in incentives.
"John Hicks, another British economist, wrote to Keynes that his tax proposals would stifle savings and growth, as investors and business would respond to the changes in incentives.
Link #1: A reasonable discussion of my Climatopolis book.
Link #2: When I taught intermediate micro at Stanford during the fall of 2003, there were a number of women students in the class who were taller than me. They were members of the women's basketball team.
Link #2: When I taught intermediate micro at Stanford during the fall of 2003, there were a number of women students in the class who were taller than me. They were members of the women's basketball team.
In the NBA, some players have their shot rejected and it makes a nice highlight on Sportscenter.com. But, when an economist has a research paper rejected, it isn't so dramatic. You receive an awkward letter from an editor who politely relays the bad news to you.
Mick Jagger is knighted, worries about what Keith Richards has to say about him, reads, poses for photos and dates a 6'4 inch fashion expert. This sounds like the typical career path for a LSE graduate.
I have enjoyed many of Steve Martin's movies. But, I don't care what he has to say about art. Through revealed preference techniques, the 92nd Street Y in NYC learned that I am not alone.
