To Fight Climate Change, Should Progressives Pool $ and Purchase Coal to Keep it in the Ground?
To Fight Climate Change, Should Progressives Pool $ and Purchase Coal to Keep it in the Ground?
Can Global Peer Pressure Cause a Reduction in a Nation's GHG Emissions?
Can Global Peer Pressure Cause a Reduction in a Nation's GHG Emissions?
British Adaptation to Flood Risk
British Adaptation to Flood Risk
Performance Criteria for Judging the Causal Effect of the COP 21 Conference
Performance Criteria for Judging the Causal Effect of the COP 21 Conference
Power Couples in Big Cities: Implications for Economic Inequality
Power Couples in Big Cities: Implications for Economic Inequality
A Preview of Early 2016
A Preview of Early 2016
Polluted Air in New Delhi, India
Polluted Air in New Delhi, India
No More Free Riders? Lessons from the Paris Climate Change Mitigation Treaty
No More Free Riders? Lessons from the Paris Climate Change Mitigation Treaty
The Future of Miami and Durable Capital Revisited
The Future of Miami and Durable Capital Revisited
Blue Skies in Urban India?
Blue Skies in Urban India?
The Optimal Durability of Capital and Sea Level Rise: The Case of Shanghai
The Optimal Durability of Capital and Sea Level Rise: The Case of Shanghai
Death and the Media
Death and the Media
What Do I Have in Common With Ben Bernanke and Milton Friedman?
What Do I Have in Common With Ben Bernanke and Milton Friedman?
Q & A Focused on The Micro Economics of Climate Change Adaptation
Q & A Focused on The Micro Economics of Climate Change Adaptation
The Environmental and Urban Economics Interface and the Chicago Fire
The Environmental and Urban Economics Interface and the Chicago Fire
Will Climate Change Impact Your Portfolio?
Will Climate Change Impact Your Portfolio?
The Coase Theorem and the Hawaii Thirty Meter Telescope
The Coase Theorem and the Hawaii Thirty Meter Telescope
The 1993 Econ Ph.D. Cohort
The 1993 Econ Ph.D. Cohort
Joseph Engelberger: A Foe of the Luddites
Joseph Engelberger: A Foe of the Luddites
Climate Change and Economic Growth
Climate Change and Economic Growth
A Few Thoughts About Krugman's Piece on Inequality in Cities
A Few Thoughts About Krugman's Piece on Inequality in Cities
Some Open Questions About China's Economic Development
Some Open Questions About China's Economic Development
Thanksgiving in Carpinteria California
Some Simple Economics of the Paris COP21 Climate Meetings
Some Simple Economics of the Paris COP21 Climate Meetings
Dynamics in Climate Science Beliefs: The Role of Exxon and Media Slant
Dynamics in Climate Science Beliefs: The Role of Exxon and Media Slant
Microfluidics and Adapting to Climate Change
Microfluidics and Adapting to Climate Change
Network Effects: Evidence from NBA Players Receiving Free Movie Screenings
Network Effects: Evidence from NBA Players Receiving Free Movie Screenings
How Should State Governments Prepare for Climate Change?
How Should State Governments Prepare for Climate Change?
Apply to USC Econ's PHD Program
Apply to USC Econ's PHD Program
William Fischel's New Book: "Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation"
William Fischel's New Book: "Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation"
Melting Ice Sheets and Coastal Real Estate Investment Under Uncertainty
Melting Ice Sheets and Coastal Real Estate Investment Under Uncertainty
Urban Economists in Portland
Urban Economists in Portland
Green Power Creates Free Electricity in Texas: Will this Increase Night Industrial Economic Activity?
Green Power Creates Free Electricity in Texas: Will this Increase Night Industrial Economic Activity?
Two November Days at the University of Chicago
Two November Days at the University of Chicago
Urban Economics in Portland on November 13th
Urban Economics in Portland on November 13th
Calm and Sensible Climate Adaptation Discussion in the NY Times
Calm and Sensible Climate Adaptation Discussion in the NY Times
Teaching Urban Economics Again
Teaching Urban Economics Again
Greg Ip on Moral Hazard and Coastal Defense Against Rising Natural Disaster Risk
Greg Ip on Moral Hazard and Coastal Defense Against Rising Natural Disaster Risk
A Return to the Midwest
A Return to the Midwest
Three Years After Hurricane Sandy: How is the NYC Metro Area Adapting?
Three Years After Hurricane Sandy: How is the NYC Metro Area Adapting?
The Lulling Hypothesis: The Case of Tesla's Autopilot System
The Lulling Hypothesis: The Case of Tesla's Autopilot System
Historial Persistence: Implications for Economics and International Relations
Historial Persistence: Implications for Economics and International Relations
The Economist Magazine Turns Pessimistic on Climate Change Adaptation
The Economist Magazine Turns Pessimistic on Climate Change Adaptation
The Economics of Red State vs. Blue State Carbon Politics
The Economics of Red State vs. Blue State Carbon Politics
Why Are Major US Companies Pledging to Reduce their Carbon Emissions?
Why Are Major US Companies Pledging to Reduce their Carbon Emissions?
My Recent Talk at UCSB
My Recent Talk at UCSB
My Father's Interview About His Experience as a Student and as a Professor at NYU Medical School
My Father's Interview About His Experience as a Student and as a Professor at NYU Medical School
The Rising Returns to Social Skills?
The Rising Returns to Social Skills?
Some Urban Economics of Open Borders
Some Urban Economics of Open Borders
What is New in Climate Change Economics?
What is New in Climate Change Economics?
Maintaining Sustained Excellence: The Case of Harvard Economics
Maintaining Sustained Excellence: The Case of Harvard Economics
An Economist's Perspective of a 50% RPS Standard in California by the Year 2030
An Economist's Perspective of a 50% RPS Standard in California by the Year 2030
The Evolving Comparative Advantage of Cities
The Evolving Comparative Advantage of Cities
Crowd Sourcing Data on Donations to Syrian Refugees Offers a Test of Free Riding in Public Goods Games
Crowd Sourcing Data on Donations to Syrian Refugees Offers a Test of Free Riding in Public Goods Games
A Detour into Macro Policy
A Detour into Macro Policy
New Ideas for Invigorating America's Cities: My New Public Transit Piece
New Ideas for Invigorating America's Cities: My New Public Transit Piece
The Microeconomics of Adapting to Hurricane Risk
The Microeconomics of Adapting to Hurricane Risk
A Contrarian View of Mark Carney's Recent Climate Speech
A Contrarian View of Mark Carney's Recent Climate Speech
The Cost of Companies Complying with Environmental Regulation: Evidence from the VW Emissions Scandal
The Cost of Companies Complying with Environmental Regulation: Evidence from the VW Emissions Scandal
Macroeconomics and Reality Revisited
Macroeconomics and Reality Revisited
A Relaxed Economist
A Few More Details on the Refugee Charter City
A Few More Details on the Refugee Charter City
Different Vintages of Human Capital
Different Vintages of Human Capital
Human Ingenuity: The Rise of Fake Meat
Human Ingenuity: The Rise of Fake Meat
Paul Romer's Optimistic Vision for the Role that New Cities Play in Coping with Change
Paul Romer's Optimistic Vision for the Role that New Cities Play in Coping with Change
What Happens When Faculty Attend an Overnight Retreat?
What Happens When Faculty Attend an Overnight Retreat?
Economists Have Failed to Educate the Public About How Markets Operate
Economists Have Failed to Educate the Public About How Markets Operate
Can We Adapt to a Worst Case Scenario? Or Will Don Trump Continue to live in NYC in the Year 2400?
Can We Adapt to a Worst Case Scenario? Or Will Don Trump Continue to live in NYC in the Year 2400?
The Costa/Kahn Family's 40% Market Share of the September 2015 Journal of Economic Literature
The Costa/Kahn Family's 40% Market Share of the September 2015 Journal of Economic Literature
Forecasting and Adapting to Climate Change Fire Risk
Forecasting and Adapting to Climate Change Fire Risk
Free Entry and Perfect Competition Among Economics' Superstars
Free Entry and Perfect Competition Among Economics' Superstars
Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce the Count of Undiagnosed Type II Diabetics
Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce the Count of Undiagnosed Type II Diabetics
An Auction for European Migrant Destinations?
An Auction for European Migrant Destinations?
Interest Groups and the Competition Between Green and Dirty Technologies
Interest Groups and the Competition Between Green and Dirty Technologies
Some California Carbon Dioxide Emissions Arithmetic
Some California Carbon Dioxide Emissions Arithmetic
China's Rail Firms Jump the U.S "Buy America Act" Wall
China's Rail Firms Jump the U.S "Buy America Act" Wall
Harvest at Night? Changing Work Shifts and Climate Change Adaptation
Harvest at Night? Changing Work Shifts and Climate Change Adaptation
Does Attending Class Lower Athletic Performance?
Does Attending Class Lower Athletic Performance?
Tax the 1%?
Tax the 1%?
How Does Nature Adapt to Climate Change? A Field Experiment
How Does Nature Adapt to Climate Change? A Field Experiment
Paul Romer on Urban Growth and Option Value
Paul Romer on Urban Growth and Option Value
A New Book on the Risks Caused by Climate Change
A New Book on the Risks Caused by Climate Change
Imitation and the Diffusion of Good Management Techniques
Imitation and the Diffusion of Good Management Techniques
A Career in Economics?
A Career in Economics?
REPEC Fantasy Econ Departments Transactions: I Couldn't Sell Thomas Piketty
REPEC Fantasy Econ Departments Transactions: I Couldn't Sell Thomas Piketty
First Impressions
First Impressions
Will China Transition to "Higher Quality" Growth?
Will China Transition to "Higher Quality" Growth?
The Consequences of Durable Housing: Evidence from Tokyo's Suburbs
The Consequences of Durable Housing: Evidence from Tokyo's Suburbs
A Great Ken Arrow Celebration Video
A Great Ken Arrow Celebration Video
Singapore at Night
Singapore at Night
Managing Expectations
Managing Expectations
The Tianjin Blast Highlights the Benefits of "Sprawl"
The Tianjin Blast Highlights the Benefits of "Sprawl"
Does Water Scarcity Pose a "Limit to California's Growth"?
Does Water Scarcity Pose a "Limit to California's Growth"?
Investing in Natural Capital to Offset the Challenge of Sea Level Rise
Investing in Natural Capital to Offset the Challenge of Sea Level Rise
Should the United States Morph Into Sweden?
Should the United States Morph Into Sweden?
My New Start at USC
My New Start at USC
A PERC Conference on Climate Change Adaptation
A PERC Conference on Climate Change Adaptation
The Economics of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
The Economics of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
Paul Krugman's Revealing Review of an Early Piketty Book
Paul Krugman's Revealing Review of an Early Piketty Book
Achieving Accountability Through DNA Testing of Dogs and Dog Poop
Achieving Accountability Through DNA Testing of Dogs and Dog Poop
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