Environmental and Urban Economics

Millions of American workers engaged in Work from Home (WFH) during the pandemic.   WFH helped us to adapt to the risk of disease contagion.  Going forward, WFH will also helps us to adapt to the rising climate risks we now face.   Given that global greenhouse gas emissions are likely to continue to rise as the world’s population and per-capita income grows faster than the decarbonization of the world economy (declining GHG emissions per dollar of GNP), the climate change challenge will grow more severe over time. 

New climate risk modelling firms such as First Street Foundation and Jupiter are mapping the risks of flooding and fire risk that every land parcel may face over the next decades.

I joined the USC Economics faculty in 2015 and Romain Ranciere also joined that year.  Permit me to list the impressive scholars who have subsequently joined our faculty.

Marianne Andries 

Tim Armstrong

Vittorio Bassi

Augustin Bergeron

Fanny Camara 

Thomas Chaney

Pablo Kurlat

Jonathan Libgober

Robert Metcalfe

Monica Morlacco

Afshin Nikzad 

Paulina Oliva

Simon Quah 

Jeffrey Weaver 

David Zeke

In July 2022, a star theorist will join our department as our newest hire.

The Los Angeles Times rejected my piece that I present below.  Of course, I'm trying to sell my new 2022 Going Remote book!!

The New New Geography of Jobs

LeBron James joined the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018.  He wanted to live and work in Los Angeles.