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The Law of Demand: Evidence from the City of Los Angeles
The Law of Demand: Evidence from the City of Los Angeles
Dec 26th
A Trillion Dollar Coastal Loss in 2100?
A Trillion Dollar Coastal Loss in 2100?
Dec 23rd
Accidental Environmentalists? (A New NBER Paper)
Accidental Environmentalists? (A New NBER Paper)
Dec 22nd
Los Angeles' Mayor Anticipates One Fat Tail Event
Los Angeles' Mayor Anticipates One Fat Tail Event
Dec 16th
Voting with Your Fins (Cod Adapt)
Voting with Your Fins (Cod Adapt)
Dec 15th
The Marginal Carbon Footprint of Flying Part Two
The Marginal Carbon Footprint of Flying Part Two
Dec 14th
Severin Borenstein's Excellent LA Times Op-ED
Severin Borenstein's Excellent LA Times Op-ED
Dec 14th
Long Run Trends in Quality of Life by Race
Dec 13th
Cities vs. Farmers: Who Can Adapt to Climate Change?
Cities vs. Farmers: Who Can Adapt to Climate Change?
Dec 12th
Does Gov. Jerry Brown Believe that Carbon Mitigation offers a "Free Lunch" for California?
Does Gov. Jerry Brown Believe that Carbon Mitigation offers a "Free Lunch" for California?
Dec 12th
Congressman Kevin Cramer Asks the Right Questions on the Real Cost of Embracing "Green Energy"
Congressman Kevin Cramer Asks the Right Questions on the Real Cost of Embracing "Green Energy"
Dec 11th
Climate Adaptation and the Movies
Climate Adaptation and the Movies
Dec 10th
Applied Environmental and Urban Economics Research at RSUE
Applied Environmental and Urban Economics Research at RSUE
Dec 10th
The Urban Smart Grid and the Low Carbon City
The Urban Smart Grid and the Low Carbon City
Dec 9th
Could the Social Cost of Carbon Decline Over Time?
Could the Social Cost of Carbon Decline Over Time?
Dec 6th
Should the AEA Cancel Our Boston Meeting in January 2005 to Reduce our Aggregate Carbon Footprint?
Should the AEA Cancel Our Boston Meeting in January 2005 to Reduce our Aggregate Carbon Footprint?
Dec 6th
The Benefits of Sprawl: Evidence from Northern Dallas
The Benefits of Sprawl: Evidence from Northern Dallas
Dec 6th
News from India and Nashville
News from India and Nashville
Dec 5th
Why Did Republicans Become Anti-Environmentalists? (or Are they "Private Greens"?)
Why Did Republicans Become Anti-Environmentalists? (or Are they "Private Greens"?)
Nov 28th
Red State Farmers Adapt to Climate Change and General Lessons About Knowledge Diffusion
Red State Farmers Adapt to Climate Change and General Lessons About Knowledge Diffusion
Nov 27th
The Toaster's Price in 1950 versus 2014: The 99%'s Rising Standard of Living
The Toaster's Price in 1950 versus 2014: The 99%'s Rising Standard of Living
Nov 26th
The Benefits of California Coastal Development: The Case of Morro Bay
The Benefits of California Coastal Development: The Case of Morro Bay
Nov 24th
Two Photos Explain Why Coastal California Continues to Be #1
Nov 23rd
Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Urban Economics
Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Urban Economics
Nov 23rd
My Brief Talk at Thom Mayne's Morphosis Office
My Brief Talk at Thom Mayne's Morphosis Office
Nov 22nd
Work Disruption and Continued Productivity in the Urban Economy
Work Disruption and Continued Productivity in the Urban Economy
Nov 20th
Ingenuity in Protecting Wild Salmon: All Hail the Salmon Cannon
Ingenuity in Protecting Wild Salmon: All Hail the Salmon Cannon
Nov 19th
Will Paris Build More Tall Buildings?
Will Paris Build More Tall Buildings?
Nov 19th
Adapting to Extreme Cold Weather
Adapting to Extreme Cold Weather
Nov 19th
Strangely Quoted in the Wall Street Journal Tomorrow
Strangely Quoted in the Wall Street Journal Tomorrow
Nov 19th
A Day at UCLA
A Day at UCLA
Nov 18th
Could Utica Rebound Because of Climate Change?
Could Utica Rebound Because of Climate Change?
Nov 17th
Is Keystone a Bad Investment for TransCanada if China Decarbonizes?
Is Keystone a Bad Investment for TransCanada if China Decarbonizes?
Nov 15th
A Couple of Links to My Recent China Quotes
A Couple of Links to My Recent China Quotes
Nov 13th
Back to the Future: Watch Me Graduate from Scarsdale High School in 1984
Back to the Future: Watch Me Graduate from Scarsdale High School in 1984
Nov 12th
Anticipating Expected Demand Increases: The Life of Gary Morse
Anticipating Expected Demand Increases: The Life of Gary Morse
Nov 11th
Office Space in Cities Will Diminish
Office Space in Cities Will Diminish
Nov 10th
Energy Infrastructure Maps of Flood Risk
Energy Infrastructure Maps of Flood Risk
Nov 9th
Do Demographers Really Predict Future Population Trends Without Incorporating Women's Economic Incentives?
Do Demographers Really Predict Future Population Trends Without Incorporating Women's Economic Incentives?
Nov 9th
NYC Prepares for More Intense Stormwater
NYC Prepares for More Intense Stormwater
Nov 8th
Blue Skies as an Experience Good: Future Air Pollution Progress in Beijing
Blue Skies as an Experience Good: Future Air Pollution Progress in Beijing
Nov 8th
Media Slant at the New York Times: The Case of Naomi Klein's New Book
Media Slant at the New York Times: The Case of Naomi Klein's New Book
Nov 8th
Monitoring Water Pipe Leaks Using Smart Sensors: Will Public Sector Unions Oppose?
Monitoring Water Pipe Leaks Using Smart Sensors: Will Public Sector Unions Oppose?
Nov 7th
Compact Cities and Faster Elevators
Compact Cities and Faster Elevators
Nov 6th
Why Can't Jessica Chastain Promote Her Own Movie?
Why Can't Jessica Chastain Promote Her Own Movie?
Nov 6th
Implicit Pay Cuts at Harvard!
Implicit Pay Cuts at Harvard!
Nov 5th
Green Consumers Change the World!
Green Consumers Change the World!
Nov 4th
"Moats" Will Mitigate the Pigouvian Externality Caused by Local Fracking
"Moats" Will Mitigate the Pigouvian Externality Caused by Local Fracking
Nov 4th
A Photo of Some of Gary Becker's Students
Nov 4th
Hollywood Tackles the Topic of Adaptation
Hollywood Tackles the Topic of Adaptation
Nov 2nd
Uber Makes Los Angeles a Better Consumer City
Uber Makes Los Angeles a Better Consumer City
Nov 2nd
Malibu and the Battle to Open a Whole Foods in Paradise
Malibu and the Battle to Open a Whole Foods in Paradise
Nov 1st
The Gary Becker Conference Starts Thursday at UChicago
The Gary Becker Conference Starts Thursday at UChicago
Oct 28th
Human Capital as the Basis for Great Organizations: The Case of the Zabar's Deli
Human Capital as the Basis for Great Organizations: The Case of the Zabar's Deli
Oct 27th
The Ebola Quarantine and the Coase Theorem and Property Rights
The Ebola Quarantine and the Coase Theorem and Property Rights
Oct 26th
Biographies of Johnny Carson and Aerosmith's Joe Perry
Biographies of Johnny Carson and Aerosmith's Joe Perry
Oct 26th
Pragmatic Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Cities
Pragmatic Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Cities
Oct 26th
Human Capital Accumulation and China's Future Economic Growth
Human Capital Accumulation and China's Future Economic Growth
Oct 26th
The Return Home
The Return Home
Oct 26th
Incorporating Adaptation Into CGE Climate Change Impact Modeling
Incorporating Adaptation Into CGE Climate Change Impact Modeling
Oct 18th
A Merger Between Hollywood and Silicon Valley?
A Merger Between Hollywood and Silicon Valley?
Oct 16th
Why Does Santa Monica Airport Continue to Exist?
Why Does Santa Monica Airport Continue to Exist?
Oct 16th
Optimism about Reduced Deaths from Cyclones in Growing LDCs
Optimism about Reduced Deaths from Cyclones in Growing LDCs
Oct 13th
An Optimistic Ecologist
An Optimistic Ecologist
Oct 11th
The NY Times Wonders Why Beijing Intellectuals Tend to Oppose the Hong Kong Protests
The NY Times Wonders Why Beijing Intellectuals Tend to Oppose the Hong Kong Protests
Oct 10th
The NY Times Mocks Gwyneth Paltrow
The NY Times Mocks Gwyneth Paltrow
Oct 10th
Manufacturing Productivity Loss in LDCs Caused by Summer Heat: Don't Forget Human Capital Theory
Manufacturing Productivity Loss in LDCs Caused by Summer Heat: Don't Forget Human Capital Theory
Oct 7th
Ebola in Sprawled vs. Compact Cities
Ebola in Sprawled vs. Compact Cities
Oct 6th
Can Walkers and Bikers Share NYC's Central Park?
Can Walkers and Bikers Share NYC's Central Park?
Oct 4th
Ranking the Graduate Ph.D Econ Class of 1993
Ranking the Graduate Ph.D Econ Class of 1993
Oct 4th
How Many UChicago Economists Can You Name in this Photo?
Oct 1st
Dr. Krugman Calls Chicago Economists "Outliers"
Dr. Krugman Calls Chicago Economists "Outliers"
Sep 28th
Hong Kong Protesters Offer Evidence Supporting the Rational Adaptation Hypothesis
Hong Kong Protesters Offer Evidence Supporting the Rational Adaptation Hypothesis
Sep 28th
My Piece in the London Guardian
My Piece in the London Guardian
Sep 28th
Los Angeles Blooming in Late September
Sep 27th
The Economics of Vacant Lots in Big Cities
The Economics of Vacant Lots in Big Cities
Sep 26th
Some Specifics About the Future of Northern California's Water Supply
Some Specifics About the Future of Northern California's Water Supply
Sep 25th
4 Minutes of Michigan Radio Time
4 Minutes of Michigan Radio Time
Sep 25th
Expensive Housing in Liberal California: Supply or Demand?
Expensive Housing in Liberal California: Supply or Demand?
Sep 24th
Climate Refugees?
Climate Refugees?
Sep 24th
Geographic Determinism and Urban Adaptation to Climate Change
Geographic Determinism and Urban Adaptation to Climate Change
Sep 22nd
Cities and the Environment
Cities and the Environment
Sep 22nd
Professor Stavins' Climate Change Piece in the NY Times Today
Professor Stavins' Climate Change Piece in the NY Times Today
Sep 22nd
The Lucas Critique Applied to Quantifying Climate Change Impacts
The Lucas Critique Applied to Quantifying Climate Change Impacts
Sep 21st
Rust Never Sleeps
Rust Never Sleeps
Sep 21st
Teaching Evaluations for Professors
Teaching Evaluations for Professors
Sep 20th
LeBron James Visits UCLA
LeBron James Visits UCLA
Sep 19th
Ingenuity and Flood Protection
Ingenuity and Flood Protection
Sep 17th
Who Loses if Washington DC Faces More Flood Risk in 2050?
Who Loses if Washington DC Faces More Flood Risk in 2050?
Sep 17th
How Will Old Ivy League Dorms Adapt to Climate Change?
How Will Old Ivy League Dorms Adapt to Climate Change?
Sep 16th
California Sushi Price and Quality Dynamics and Adapting to Drought Through Regional Trade
California Sushi Price and Quality Dynamics and Adapting to Drought Through Regional Trade
Sep 16th
A Podcast of My 9/9/14 Cal State Long Beach Univ. Lecture on "Climate Change and Cities"
A Podcast of My 9/9/14 Cal State Long Beach Univ. Lecture on "Climate Change and Cities"
Sep 15th
Some Specifics about Urban Heat Wave Adaptation
Some Specifics about Urban Heat Wave Adaptation
Sep 15th
Other People's Money and Coastal Defense
Other People's Money and Coastal Defense
Sep 14th
What Should Campus Environmentalists Do All Day Long?
What Should Campus Environmentalists Do All Day Long?
Sep 12th
Adapting to Heat Waves: The Case of Los Angeles this Weekend
Adapting to Heat Waves: The Case of Los Angeles this Weekend
Sep 11th
Casey Mulligan on the Unintended Consequences of the New Health Care Law
Casey Mulligan on the Unintended Consequences of the New Health Care Law
Sep 9th
My "Future of Los Angeles" Talk at CSULB Tomorrow
My "Future of Los Angeles" Talk at CSULB Tomorrow
Sep 8th
Think Tanks for Sale?
Think Tanks for Sale?
Sep 7th
Google Fiber Offers a Test of Say's Law
Google Fiber Offers a Test of Say's Law
Sep 6th
My Research and My Books
My Research and My Books
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