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My "Migration" to Substack
My "Migration" to Substack
Jan 25th
How Will Houston Adapt to the High Heat?
Jul 28th
The New Economic Geography of WFH
Feb 7th
Homeownership Revisited: An Economist's Perspective
Homeownership Revisited: An Economist's Perspective
Dec 21st
Understanding the Arguments Made by Climate Change Adaptation Pessimists: Part One
Understanding the Arguments Made by Climate Change Adaptation Pessimists: Part One
Nov 7th
The Interesting Economics Related to the Marginal Cost of Avoiding Heat Exposure
The Interesting Economics Related to the Marginal Cost of Avoiding Heat Exposure
Jul 31st
"The Water Cooler" and Spontaneous Face to Face Interaction in a Hybrid-WFH Economy
"The Water Cooler" and Spontaneous Face to Face Interaction in a Hybrid-WFH Economy
Jun 23rd
How Will the Rise of WFH Help Us to Adapt to Climate Change?
How Will the Rise of WFH Help Us to Adapt to Climate Change?
May 19th
USC Economics Faculty Hiring Since 2015
USC Economics Faculty Hiring Since 2015
May 19th
The New New Geography of Jobs
The New New Geography of Jobs
May 6th
Connecting the Dots: The Common Themes Between My Three Recent Books
Connecting the Dots: The Common Themes Between My Three Recent Books
Apr 24th
The Simple Microeconomics of Adapting to Real Estate Damage Caused by Flooding
The Simple Microeconomics of Adapting to Real Estate Damage Caused by Flooding
Apr 11th
The Role of Qualitative Data in Academic Field Experiment Research
The Role of Qualitative Data in Academic Field Experiment Research
Apr 2nd
My Growing Set of Podcasts Discussing my April 2022 Going Remote book
My Growing Set of Podcasts Discussing my April 2022 Going Remote book
Mar 31st
Marketing My Four Amazon Economics E-Books that Sell for $1 Each
Marketing My Four Amazon Economics E-Books that Sell for $1 Each
Feb 27th
The Consequences of Banks Pursuing a "Double Bottom Line" as the Federal Reserve Prioritizes Climate Change Risks
The Consequences of Banks Pursuing a "Double Bottom Line" as the Federal Reserve Prioritizes Climate Change Risks
Jan 23rd
Applied Game Theory and the Medium Term Reputation Gains from the Recent China-USA Trade War
Applied Game Theory and the Medium Term Reputation Gains from the Recent China-USA Trade War
Jan 6th
How Do We Nudge "Behavioral" Decision Makers to Adapt to Emerging Climate Risks?
How Do We Nudge "Behavioral" Decision Makers to Adapt to Emerging Climate Risks?
Jan 4th
The Economic Consequences of Youth Pessimism About Climate Risk: Lessons from Slemrod's "Savings and the Fear of Nuclear War"
The Economic Consequences of Youth Pessimism About Climate Risk: Lessons from Slemrod's "Savings and the Fear of Nuclear War"
Dec 11th
What Insights Does Economics Offer About the Nascent Biden Administration Transport Infrastructure Investment Program?
What Insights Does Economics Offer About the Nascent Biden Administration Transport Infrastructure Investment Program?
Nov 20th
Contrasting Adapting to Contagious Disease Risk with Adapting to Climate Change
Contrasting Adapting to Contagious Disease Risk with Adapting to Climate Change
Nov 17th
Will the Biden Administration's Trillion Dollar Investment in Infrastructure Unlock the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities?
Nov 9th
Infrastructure Investment Microeconomics
Infrastructure Investment Microeconomics
Nov 6th
A Beach Haiku
Oct 25th
Incorporating Local Public Health Dynamics into The Rosen/Roback Spatial Equilibrium Model
Incorporating Local Public Health Dynamics into The Rosen/Roback Spatial Equilibrium Model
Oct 24th
Adverse Selection in Car Insurance Markets: What Happens When Car Sellers Offer Insurance to Good Drivers?
Adverse Selection in Car Insurance Markets: What Happens When Car Sellers Offer Insurance to Good Drivers?
Oct 7th
Spatial Equilibrium and Haitian Immigration to the U.S
Spatial Equilibrium and Haitian Immigration to the U.S
Sep 22nd
Some Microeconomics of Extreme Heat Exposure in the United States
Some Microeconomics of Extreme Heat Exposure in the United States
Sep 20th
Amazon's Big Data on Consumer Behavior Fuels its Entry into Urban Retailing
Amazon's Big Data on Consumer Behavior Fuels its Entry into Urban Retailing
Aug 19th
What Does the Movie "Dirty Harry" Teach Us About Adapting to Climate Change Risk?
Aug 18th
How Can the Insurance Industry Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?
How Can the Insurance Industry Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?
Aug 11th
Ranking Academic Economics Power Couples Based on July 2021 REPEC Data
Ranking Academic Economics Power Couples Based on July 2021 REPEC Data
Aug 8th
Academic Economist Productivity Rankings
Academic Economist Productivity Rankings
Aug 7th
Stiglitz Versus Cochrane: What Are the Non-Market Quality of Life Impacts of Climate Change?
Stiglitz Versus Cochrane: What Are the Non-Market Quality of Life Impacts of Climate Change?
Jul 16th
Some Microeconomics of Adapting to Wildfires in the American West Framed as a Gary Becker Problem Set Question
Some Microeconomics of Adapting to Wildfires in the American West Framed as a Gary Becker Problem Set Question
Jul 14th
A Few Thoughts About Economic Growth as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
A Few Thoughts About Economic Growth as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
Jul 11th
Climate Change Bets and Julian Simon versus Paul Ehrlich Again
Climate Change Bets and Julian Simon versus Paul Ehrlich Again
Jul 10th
Cliff Winston's New Book Gaining Ground
Cliff Winston's New Book Gaining Ground
Jul 10th
A Self Evaluation of My Two Years Directing the Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative
A Self Evaluation of My Two Years Directing the Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative
Jun 18th
The Emerging New Economic Geography of the United States
The Emerging New Economic Geography of the United States
Jun 9th
How Does Applied Microeconomic Research Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?
How Does Applied Microeconomic Research Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?
May 13th
Do The Urban Poor Gain from Local Economic Growth?
Do The Urban Poor Gain from Local Economic Growth?
Apr 29th
Why is Beautiful California Losing Congressional Seats? Constrained Local Housing Supply Influences National Politics
Why is Beautiful California Losing Congressional Seats? Constrained Local Housing Supply Influences National Politics
Apr 27th
Unlocking the Potential of our "Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities" Book
Unlocking the Potential of our "Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities" Book
Apr 24th
Why Climate Economics Continues to Succeed
Why Climate Economics Continues to Succeed
Apr 13th
The Microeconomics of Enhancing the Effectiveness of Government Spending $2 Trillion Dollars on Infrastructure
The Microeconomics of Enhancing the Effectiveness of Government Spending $2 Trillion Dollars on Infrastructure
Apr 5th
The Revealed Preference of Porch Pirates
The Revealed Preference of Porch Pirates
Apr 4th
The Great Climate Change Race Between The Rising Threat and Our Increasing Ability to "Take a Punch"
The Great Climate Change Race Between The Rising Threat and Our Increasing Ability to "Take a Punch"
Apr 1st
Understanding the High Cost of Military Drone Use Using a Rebound Effect Model
Understanding the High Cost of Military Drone Use Using a Rebound Effect Model
Mar 20th
The Resurgent Consumer City by Fall 2021
Mar 16th
Some Urban and Environmental Economics Links
Mar 14th
Free Copies of a New Urban Economics Book: Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities
Free Copies of a New Urban Economics Book: Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities
Feb 23rd
Climate Change Adaptation Lessons from Freezing Texas
Feb 17th
Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities
Feb 13th
The Revealed Preference Approach for Learning Microeconomics
Jan 30th
Backwards Induction and the Demise of U.S Gas Stations in the Year 2045
Backwards Induction and the Demise of U.S Gas Stations in the Year 2045
Jan 29th
Platform Competition and the Urban Economics of Free Speech
Platform Competition and the Urban Economics of Free Speech
Jan 24th
How Can the Biden Administration Boost Quality of Life in Post-Industrial Cities Such as Baltimore?
How Can the Biden Administration Boost Quality of Life in Post-Industrial Cities Such as Baltimore?
Jan 20th
Some Rust Belt Urban Economics
Jan 16th
Free Environmental Economics Lecture Notes and Exam Questions and Access to a High Quality $8 E-book Textbook
Free Environmental Economics Lecture Notes and Exam Questions and Access to a High Quality $8 E-book Textbook
Jan 13th
Veblen and Conspicuous Consumption Revisited: The Beneficial Role of "Invisible" Masks During a Pandemic
Veblen and Conspicuous Consumption Revisited: The Beneficial Role of "Invisible" Masks During a Pandemic
Jan 9th
The Economics of Personal Responsibility and Human Development
The Economics of Personal Responsibility and Human Development
Dec 30th
Will President Biden's Low Carbon Policy Efforts be Slowed Down by the Gruenspecht Effect and Slow Economic Growth?
Will President Biden's Low Carbon Policy Efforts be Slowed Down by the Gruenspecht Effect and Slow Economic Growth?
Dec 29th
Will the Rise of Work from Home Lower Uber's Medium Term Profits?
Will the Rise of Work from Home Lower Uber's Medium Term Profits?
Dec 28th
Some Research Notes on Using Geo-Tagged Cell Phone Data to Study Urban Economics Questions
Some Research Notes on Using Geo-Tagged Cell Phone Data to Study Urban Economics Questions
Dec 27th
In the Year 2030, How Will Applied Microeconomists Study the Consequences of the 2020 COVID Shock?
In the Year 2030, How Will Applied Microeconomists Study the Consequences of the 2020 COVID Shock?
Dec 24th
The Microeconomics of the Rise of Green Buildings and Climate Change Adaptation: A California Example
Dec 23rd
Using the Supply and Demand Model to Understand China's Recent Electricity and Coal Shortage
Using the Supply and Demand Model to Understand China's Recent Electricity and Coal Shortage
Dec 23rd
Competition in the Non-Profit "Green" Sector or the Industrial Organization of Non-Profits
Competition in the Non-Profit "Green" Sector or the Industrial Organization of Non-Profits
Dec 20th
Why Does JHU's Twenty First Century Cities Initiative Focus on Urban Economic Growth?
Dec 8th
Productivity and Climate Change Adaptation in a Spatial Economy
Productivity and Climate Change Adaptation in a Spatial Economy
Nov 27th
Climate Change Adaptation in a Spatial Economy
Nov 26th
Climate Change Adaptation for Urban Indian Slum Dwellers: A New Economics Research Agenda
Climate Change Adaptation for Urban Indian Slum Dwellers: A New Economics Research Agenda
Nov 22nd
My Next Steps in Working on Climate Change Adaptation Microeconomics
My Next Steps in Working on Climate Change Adaptation Microeconomics
Nov 16th
The Lulling Effect and the Upcoming COVID19 Vaccine
The Lulling Effect and the Upcoming COVID19 Vaccine
Oct 22nd
Announcing the Formation of Climate Economics: A New Climate Resilience Consulting Firm
Oct 8th
Pandemic Microeconomics Revisited: The Incentive Effects of Liability Shields for Contagion Risk
Pandemic Microeconomics Revisited: The Incentive Effects of Liability Shields for Contagion Risk
Oct 7th
Clean Air as an Experience Good in Urban China
Clean Air as an Experience Good in Urban China
Sep 7th
The Social Benefits of Social Capital in Fire Fighting Units Contrasted with the Social Cost of Social Capital in Police Units
The Social Benefits of Social Capital in Fire Fighting Units Contrasted with the Social Cost of Social Capital in Police Units
Jun 14th
Some Thoughts on the 2019 JEL Review of My Co-Authored China Book
Some Thoughts on the 2019 JEL Review of My Co-Authored China Book
Jun 12th
Al Pacino's Serpico and the Economics of Rotten Apples and the Missing Data Problem.
Al Pacino's Serpico and the Economics of Rotten Apples and the Missing Data Problem.
Jun 3rd
Peer Monitoring and the Urban Police: Lessons from the Microeconomics of Microfinance
Peer Monitoring and the Urban Police: Lessons from the Microeconomics of Microfinance
Jun 2nd
The Urban Economics of Big City Mayors
The Urban Economics of Big City Mayors
May 23rd
Private Nursing Homes, Product Differentiation and Reducing COVID-19 Contagion Risk
Private Nursing Homes, Product Differentiation and Reducing COVID-19 Contagion Risk
May 17th
Will COVID-19 Reduce Smoking Rates Today and Thus Reduce Future Cancer Risk?
Will COVID-19 Reduce Smoking Rates Today and Thus Reduce Future Cancer Risk?
May 6th
Real Estate Windfalls from Delaying the Fall 2020 Semester
Real Estate Windfalls from Delaying the Fall 2020 Semester
Apr 27th
Open Source Collaboration versus Winning the Race for Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine Patent
Open Source Collaboration versus Winning the Race for Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine Patent
Apr 25th
Will the COVID-19 Induced Ballooning Budget Deficit Lead to More Efficient Taxation?
Will the COVID-19 Induced Ballooning Budget Deficit Lead to More Efficient Taxation?
Apr 19th
Larger Firms Have an Adaptation Advantage in Coping with Ongoing COVID-19 Infection Risk
Larger Firms Have an Adaptation Advantage in Coping with Ongoing COVID-19 Infection Risk
Apr 18th
Has the Profitability of Selling Car Insurance Increased in Early 2020 Due to COVID-19?
Has the Profitability of Selling Car Insurance Increased in Early 2020 Due to COVID-19?
Apr 11th
Will Richer People Further Increase their Social Distancing in Post COVID-19 Urban Life?
Will Richer People Further Increase their Social Distancing in Post COVID-19 Urban Life?
Apr 9th
Low Carbon Suburban Living in 2021 in our "Post-COVID19" World
Low Carbon Suburban Living in 2021 in our "Post-COVID19" World
Apr 5th
Do Social Networks Increase or Decrease the COVID-19 Contagion Rate?
Do Social Networks Increase or Decrease the COVID-19 Contagion Rate?
Apr 2nd
An Open Source Clinical Trial of Coronavirus Vaccines
An Open Source Clinical Trial of Coronavirus Vaccines
Mar 19th
Measuring the Medium Run Productivity Costs of the Coronavirus Recessions
Measuring the Medium Run Productivity Costs of the Coronavirus Recessions
Mar 15th
Will the Fear of the Coronavirus Reduce Baltimore's Long Term Murder Rate?
Will the Fear of the Coronavirus Reduce Baltimore's Long Term Murder Rate?
Mar 13th
The Urban and Environmental Economics of Voluntary Social Distancing
The Urban and Environmental Economics of Voluntary Social Distancing
Mar 12th
Why Did Wuhan’s Officials Respond Slowly to the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Why Did Wuhan’s Officials Respond Slowly to the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Mar 5th
Should the City of Baltimore Issue More Municipal Debt?
Should the City of Baltimore Issue More Municipal Debt?
Feb 9th
Does the Coronavirus Offer a Test of the Rare Disasters Asset Pricing Model?
Does the Coronavirus Offer a Test of the Rare Disasters Asset Pricing Model?
Feb 8th
My Research and My Books
My Research and My Books
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Do Econ 101 Teachers Spend Too Much Time on the Pe...
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A Beach Haiku
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John Cochrane has posted an important blog post about adapting to climate change. His piece mainly focuses on macroeconomic issues. For...
An Explanation for Why the Washington Metro Public...
The New York Times has a nice front page piece explaining the challenges that the Washington Metro subway lines face. They are old and no...
Two Thoughts about China's Cities
Does urban infrastructure such as new airports cause urban growth? China is running an interesting "natural experiment" in cities...
Lights at Night: The Case of NYC
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Why Does the NFL Philadelphia Eagles Draft College...
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Immigrants and Poison Use in Cities
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