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The Demand for Apartments versus Single Family Homes
The Demand for Apartments versus Single Family Homes
Dec 14th
The Substitution and Income Effects Induced by Introducing Carbon Taxes
The Substitution and Income Effects Induced by Introducing Carbon Taxes
Dec 11th
Will the Fossil Fuel Sector Adapt to New Climate Risks?
Will the Fossil Fuel Sector Adapt to New Climate Risks?
Dec 2nd
The Local Consequences of Federal Mandates
The Local Consequences of Federal Mandates
Nov 22nd
Paul Romer's New WSJ Opinion Piece Offers Pro-Growth Tips
Paul Romer's New WSJ Opinion Piece Offers Pro-Growth Tips
Nov 21st
Room for Improvement
Room for Improvement
Nov 8th
Do $ Incentives Matter?
Do $ Incentives Matter?
Oct 28th
A Climate Change Investment Strategy
A Climate Change Investment Strategy
Oct 27th
Spending Other People's Money or How Would Milton Friedman Help the San Francisco Homeless?
Spending Other People's Money or How Would Milton Friedman Help the San Francisco Homeless?
Oct 25th
Some Intellectual Excitement at USC Economics
Some Intellectual Excitement at USC Economics
Oct 23rd
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics
Oct 21st
Known Unknowns and Machine Learning
Known Unknowns and Machine Learning
Sep 23rd
Nuance and Communicating Academic Economics Ideas to the General Public
Nuance and Communicating Academic Economics Ideas to the General Public
Sep 19th
Why Haven't Linkedin and Facebook Merged?
Why Haven't Linkedin and Facebook Merged?
Sep 16th
Riding the Bird Without a Helmet Offers a New Test of the Peltzman Effect
Riding the Bird Without a Helmet Offers a New Test of the Peltzman Effect
Sep 15th
An Economist Appears on the JumboTron at the USC vs. UNLV Football Game
An Economist Appears on the JumboTron at the USC vs. UNLV Football Game
Sep 2nd
Amazon's Lottery for Free Copies of my Environmental and Urban Economics Book.
Amazon's Lottery for Free Copies of my Environmental and Urban Economics Book.
Aug 18th
Facebook's Stock Price Valuation and the Selection Bias Issue
Facebook's Stock Price Valuation and the Selection Bias Issue
Jul 30th
Some General Interest Reading in Climate Change Economics
Some General Interest Reading in Climate Change Economics
Jul 29th
Some Urban Economics Points About Labor Market Monopsony's Impact on Inequality
Some Urban Economics Points About Labor Market Monopsony's Impact on Inequality
Jul 19th
Nuances about Using the Supply and Demand Model in Urban Economics
Nuances about Using the Supply and Demand Model in Urban Economics
Jul 18th
Price Theory Problems Revised
Price Theory Problems Revised
Jul 10th
Price Theory Problems
Price Theory Problems
Jul 2nd
My Free Amazon E-Book on Price Theory Problems
My Free Amazon E-Book on Price Theory Problems
Jun 30th
USC's Masters in Economics Program is Ranked #9 in the U.S
USC's Masters in Economics Program is Ranked #9 in the U.S
Jun 28th
A New Version of my First Year Micro Problems
A New Version of my First Year Micro Problems
Jun 18th
A Revised Version of My "Becker/Rosen" Micro Problems
A Revised Version of My "Becker/Rosen" Micro Problems
Jun 13th
Would You Learn from Taking this USC Ph.D. Microeconomics Class?
Would You Learn from Taking this USC Ph.D. Microeconomics Class?
Jun 7th
The Urban Economics of "The Bird"
The Urban Economics of "The Bird"
Jun 2nd
Can "University of Chicago" Style Price Theory be Taught in the Sunshine?
Can "University of Chicago" Style Price Theory be Taught in the Sunshine?
May 30th
A Preview of my USC Lectures: The Economics of Marriage and Risk Sharing
A Preview of my USC Lectures: The Economics of Marriage and Risk Sharing
May 29th
Does Applied Microeconomics Research Matter?
Does Applied Microeconomics Research Matter?
May 29th
Dr. Krugman on Coal Miners and Coal Towns
Dr. Krugman on Coal Miners and Coal Towns
May 28th
Low Carbon Alaska?
Low Carbon Alaska?
May 16th
Who is the "Marginal" New California Solar Home?
Who is the "Marginal" New California Solar Home?
May 10th
Paul Krugman's Interesting Conjecture: Taxes Have No Real Effects on Apple's Investment Patterns
Paul Krugman's Interesting Conjecture: Taxes Have No Real Effects on Apple's Investment Patterns
May 4th
Is The Economist Correct About the State of Applied Micro?
Is The Economist Correct About the State of Applied Micro?
Apr 29th
Bundling a "Radical Market" with a New LDC Charter City
Bundling a "Radical Market" with a New LDC Charter City
Apr 28th
The Economics Textbook Pricing Wars
The Economics Textbook Pricing Wars
Apr 25th
"What Money Can't Buy" with Michael Sandel and Robert Barro and Larry Summers
"What Money Can't Buy" with Michael Sandel and Robert Barro and Larry Summers
Apr 22nd
Public Sector Pensions Crowd Out Public Sector Investment in Capital and New Workers
Public Sector Pensions Crowd Out Public Sector Investment in Capital and New Workers
Apr 15th
A "Big Data" Empirical Test of Whether Facebook's Platform Helped Trump to Win the 2016 Election
A "Big Data" Empirical Test of Whether Facebook's Platform Helped Trump to Win the 2016 Election
Apr 8th
The Economics of Housing Eviction
The Economics of Housing Eviction
Apr 7th
The Benefits of Command and Control During a Crisis: Evidence from Snowstorms
The Benefits of Command and Control During a Crisis: Evidence from Snowstorms
Mar 1st
How Does Durable Capital Inhibit Urban Technology Upgrades?
How Does Durable Capital Inhibit Urban Technology Upgrades?
Feb 25th
Teaching Economics Ideas to Non-Economists
Teaching Economics Ideas to Non-Economists
Feb 9th
Is Oakland "Inconsistent" as it Sues Fossil Fuel Companies While Downplaying Climate Risk in its Municipal Bond Prospectus?
Is Oakland "Inconsistent" as it Sues Fossil Fuel Companies While Downplaying Climate Risk in its Municipal Bond Prospectus?
Feb 3rd
Winner's Curse: The Case of Optimal Local Public Tax Incentives and Amazon's HQ Decision
Winner's Curse: The Case of Optimal Local Public Tax Incentives and Amazon's HQ Decision
Jan 27th
REPEC's Rankings of USC Economics
REPEC's Rankings of USC Economics
Jan 21st
The Dynamics of the Marginal Cost of Reducing Air Pollution in Beijing, China
The Dynamics of the Marginal Cost of Reducing Air Pollution in Beijing, China
Jan 15th
How Will the American Economics Association Adapt to Climate Change?
How Will the American Economics Association Adapt to Climate Change?
Jan 4th
My Research and My Books
My Research and My Books
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