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2024

Cities as Engines of Opportunities: Evidence from Brazil
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Human Capital Spillovers and Health: Does Living Around College Graduates Lengthen Life?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Report on the Potential Impacts of Property Tax Abatement on Rental Housing Construction in Boston
Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Shifting Patterns of Social Interaction: Exploring the Social Life of Urban Spaces Through A.I
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
The Complementarity Between Cities and State Capacity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2023

Infrastructure Inequality: Who Pays the Cost of Road Roughness?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2022

How Regressive are Mobility-Related User Fees and Gasoline Taxes?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
See also Chapter How Regressive Are Mobility-Related User Fees and Gasoline Taxes?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
The 15-Minute City Quantified Using Mobility Data
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Urban Mobility and the Experienced Isolation of Students
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2021

Property Rights and Urban Form
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Urban Resilience
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
What Can Developing Cities Today Learn From the Urban Past?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
When Innovation Goes Wrong: Technological Regress and the Opioid Epidemic
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2020

Determinants of Small Business Reopening Decisions After COVID Restrictions Were Lifted
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Book Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment, NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
Gentrification and Retail Churn: Theory and Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19? Early Evidence from a Survey
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (322)
How Much does COVID-19 Increase with Mobility? Evidence from New York and Four Other U.S. Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (81)
Infrastructure and Urban Form
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Learning from Deregulation: The Asymmetric Impact of Lockdown and Reopening on Risky Behavior During COVID-19
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
Measuring Property Rights Institutions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
Public Procurement in Law and Practice
Working Paper Series, Peterson Institute for International Economics View citations (34)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (35)
Urbanization and its Discontents
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
What Jobs are Being Done at Home During the Covid-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (148)
When Should Public Programs be Privately Administered? Theory and Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)

2019

Cities in the Developing World
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Rule of Law and Female Entrepreneurship
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
The (Non-) Effect of Opportunity Zones on Housing Prices
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
The Spatial Mismatch Between Innovation and Joblessness
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
See also Chapter The Spatial Mismatch between Innovation and Joblessness, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (9) (2019)

2018

Computer Vision and Real Estate: Do Looks Matter and Do Incentives Determine Looks
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
Human-Capital Externalities in China
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
Jobs for the Heartland: Place-Based Policies in 21st Century America
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (91)
Measuring Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
The Role of Industry, Occupation, and Location-Specific Knowledge in the Survival of New Firms
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)

2017

Fundamental Errors in the Voting Booth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
See also Chapter Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
The Economic Implications of Housing Supply
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
The Political Economy of Transportation Investment
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Urban Productivity in the Developing World
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
Water, Health and Wealth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2016

A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
Crowdsourcing City Government: Using Tournaments to Improve Inspection Accuracy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
Real Estate Bubbles and Urban Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Securing Property Rights
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
Transforming Cities: Does Urbanization Promote Democratic Change?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (89)

2015

A Theory of Civil Disobedience
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
An Extrapolative Model of House Price Dynamics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co-evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (176)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (40)
Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People, and Ideas
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2014

Housing Bubbles
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
Preserving History or Hindering Growth? The Heterogeneous Effects of Historic Districts on Local Housing Markets in New York City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
Unhappy Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2013

A Nation Of Gamblers: Real Estate Speculation And American History
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (74)
A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
See also Chapter Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (40) (2013)
Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
See also Chapter Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
The Supply of Environmentalism
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
See also Chapter The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) (2014)
Why Does Balanced News Produce Unbalanced Views?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)

2012

Housing Booms and City Centers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
The Political Risks of Fighting Market Failures: Subversion, Populism and the Government Sponsored Enterprises
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Urban Public Finance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2011

Cities, Skills, and Regional Change
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
Identification and Inference with Many Invalid Instruments
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2010

Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (120)
See also Chapter Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (95) (2012)

2009

Clusters of Entrepreneurship
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
See also Chapter Clusters of Entrepreneurship, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (146) (2010)
The Complementarity between Cities and Skills
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
The Greenness of China: Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (534)
Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
See also Chapter Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (170) (2010)
Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)

2008

Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (470)
Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
See also Chapter Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of a Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (2) (2007)
Social Capital and Urban Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
The Economics of Place-Making Policies
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (292)
The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
Urban Inequality
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2007

Aggregation Reversals and the Social Formation of Beliefs
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
Arbitrage in Housing Markets
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (70)
Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
See also Chapter Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (25) (2010)
Entrepreneurship and the City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (110)
Extremism and Social Learning
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Chapter Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
Social Interactions and Smoking
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
See also Chapter Social Interactions and Smoking, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (23) (2010)
The Economics Approach to Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
The Rise of the Sunbelt
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (83)
When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2006

Housing Dynamics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)
Regulating Misinformation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Researcher Incentives and Empirical Methods
NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
The Political Economy of Warfare
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
See also Chapter Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (13) (2009)
Why Does Democracy Need Education?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)

2005

Inequality
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
Myths and Realities of American Political Geography
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Paternalism and Psychology
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
The Divergence of Human Capital Levels Across Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (376)
Urban Colossus: Why is New York America's Largest City?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
See also Journal Article Urban colossus: why is New York America's largest city?, Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2005) View citations (21) (2005)
Urban Growth and Housing Supply
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
What Explains Differences in Smoking, Drinking and Other Health-Related Behaviors
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (112)
Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (290)
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (154)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (286)

2004

Corruption and Reform: An Introduction
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
See also Chapter Corruption and Reform: Introduction, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (23) (2006)
Corruption in America
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
Do Institutions Cause Growth?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1763)
See also Journal Article Do Institutions Cause Growth?, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2004) View citations (1804) (2004)
Opportunities, Race, and Urban Location: The Influence of John Kain
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
See also Journal Article Opportunities, race, and urban location: the influence of John Kain, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (8) (2004)
Psychology and the Market
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
See also Journal Article Psychology and the Market, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (30) (2004)
Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
See also Chapter The Rise of the Fourth Estate. How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (75) (2006)

2003

Cities, Regions and the Decline of Transport Costs
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (139)
Reinventing Boston: 1640-2003
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
Sprawl and Urban Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (198)
The New Comparative Economics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (457)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations (389)
Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management (2003) View citations (448)
See also Journal Article The new comparative economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (436) (2003)
The Rise of the Skilled City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (188)
Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2003) View citations (67)
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (674)
See also Journal Article Why Have Americans Become More Obese?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (675) (2003)
Why is Manhattan So Expensive? Regulation and the Rise in House Prices
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)

2002

The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (50)
See also Chapter The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (81) (2003)
The Curley Effect
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
The Governance of Not-For-Profit Firms
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
The Impact of Zoning on Housing Affordability
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (90)
Also in Zell/Lurie Center Working Papers, Wharton School Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center, University of Pennsylvania
The Injustice of Inequality
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
See also Journal Article The injustice of inequality, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (205) (2003)
The Political Economy of Hatred
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
The Social Multiplier
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)

2001

A Case for Quantity Regulation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2001) View citations (5)
Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (98) (2002)
Decentralized Employment and the Transformation of the American City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (188)
Education and Religion
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (78)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2001) View citations (58)
Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (26)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (19)
See also Chapter Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (55) (2001)
Is There a New Urbanism? The Growth of U.S. Cities in the 1990s
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
Legal Origins
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
Non-Market Interactions
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (32)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (74)
Public Ownership in the American City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
The Rise of the Regulatory State
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
See also Journal Article The Rise of the Regulatory State, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (205) (2003)
Urban Decline and Durable Housing
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
Also in Zell/Lurie Center Working Papers, Wharton School Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center, University of Pennsylvania View citations (14)
Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (131)

2000

Consumer City
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (54)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Consumer city, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2001) View citations (355) (2001)
The Determinants of Punishment: Deterrence, Incapacitation and Vengeance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2000) View citations (15)
The Economic Approach to Social Capital
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
See also Journal Article An Economic Approach to Social Capital, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2002) View citations (701) (2002)
The Social Consequences of Housing
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (77)
See also Journal Article The Social Consequences of Housing, Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (75) (2000)
Why Do The Poor Live In Cities?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (65)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (120)

1999

Measuring Social Interactions
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (29)
The Geographic Concentration of Industry: Does Natural Advantage Explain Agglomeration?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (483)
See also Journal Article The Geographic Concentration of Industry: Does Natural Advantage Explain Agglomeration?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1999) View citations (506) (1999)
Urban Primacy and Politics
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (3)
What is Social Capital? The Determinants of Trust and Trustworthiness
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (31)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (59)

1998

Cities and Ethics: An Essay for Jane Jacobs
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research
Incentives and Social Capital: Are Homeowners Better Citizens?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1997) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Incentives and Social Capital: Are Homeowners Better Citizens?, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (513) (1999)
Not-For-Profit Entrepreneurs
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (12)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Not-for-profit entrepreneurs, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (207) (2001)
What Do Prosecutors Maximize? An Analysis of Drug Offenders and Concurrent Jurisdiction
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
Also in JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (1998) View citations (3)
Who Owns Guns? Criminals, Victims and the Culture of Violence
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (23)
See also Journal Article Who Owns Guns? Criminals, Victims, and the Culture of Violence, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1998) View citations (25) (1998)

1997

Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (151)
See also Journal Article Geographic Concentration As A Dynamic Process, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2002) View citations (354) (2002)
Learning in Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1997) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Learning in Cities, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (441) (1999)
The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
See also Journal Article The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (145) (2003)
The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
See also Journal Article The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1999) View citations (455) (1999)

1991

Growth in Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)
See also Journal Article Growth in Cities, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1992) View citations (1793) (1992)

Journal Articles

2012

Viewpoint: Triumph of the City
The Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2012, 5, (2), 1-4 View citations (9)

2005

Reinventing Boston: 1630--2003
Journal of Economic Geography, 2005, 5, (2), 119-153 View citations (70)
The Curley Effect: The Economics of Shaping the Electorate
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2005, 21, (1), 1-19 View citations (51)
Urban colossus: why is New York America's largest city?
Economic Policy Review, 2005, (Dec), 7-24 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper Urban Colossus: Why is New York America's Largest City?, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (35) (2005)

2004

Do Institutions Cause Growth?
Journal of Economic Growth, 2004, 9, (3), 271-303 View citations (1804)
See also Working Paper Do Institutions Cause Growth?, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (1763) (2004)
Opportunities, race, and urban location: the influence of John Kain
Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56, (1), 70-79 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Opportunities, Race, and Urban Location: The Influence of John Kain, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (10) (2004)
Psychology and the Market
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 408-413 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Psychology and the Market, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (31) (2004)

2003

The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1027-1046 View citations (145)
See also Working Paper The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (12) (1997)
The Rise of the Regulatory State
Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 41, (2), 401-425 View citations (205)
See also Working Paper The Rise of the Regulatory State, NBER Working Papers (2001) View citations (22) (2001)
The impact of building restrictions on housing affordability
Economic Policy Review, 2003, (Jun), 21-39 View citations (146)
The injustice of inequality
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (1), 199-222 View citations (205)
See also Working Paper The Injustice of Inequality, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (14) (2002)
The new comparative economics
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (4), 595-619 View citations (436)
See also Working Paper The New Comparative Economics, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (457) (2003)
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (3), 93-118 View citations (675)
See also Working Paper Why Have Americans Become More Obese?, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (674) (2003)

2002

An Economic Approach to Social Capital
Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (483), 437-458 View citations (701)
See also Working Paper The Economic Approach to Social Capital, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (86) (2000)
Book review: Book Review of William Easterly's The Elusive Quest for Growth, MIT Press, July 2001
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2002, 32, (4), 543-547
Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form
Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 51, (2), 205-224 View citations (98)
See also Working Paper Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form, NBER Working Papers (2001) View citations (7) (2001)
Geographic Concentration As A Dynamic Process
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (2), 193-204 View citations (354)
See also Working Paper Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (151) (1997)

2001

A Reason for Quantity Regulation
American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 431-435 View citations (69)
Cities and Skills
Journal of Labor Economics, 2001, 19, (2), 316-42 View citations (819)
See also Working Paper Cities and Skills, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (50) (1994)
Consumer city
Journal of Economic Geography, 2001, 1, (1), 27-50 View citations (355)
See also Working Paper Consumer City, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (2000) View citations (54) (2000)
Not-for-profit entrepreneurs
Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 81, (1), 99-115 View citations (207)
See also Working Paper Not-For-Profit Entrepreneurs, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (1998) View citations (12) (1998)

2000

The Social Consequences of Housing
Journal of Housing Economics, 2000, 9, (1-2), 1-23 View citations (75)
See also Working Paper The Social Consequences of Housing, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (77) (2000)

1999

From John Lindsay to Rudy Giuliani: the decline of the local safety net?
Economic Policy Review, 1999, 5, (Sep), 117-132 View citations (10)
Incentives and Social Capital: Are Homeowners Better Citizens?
Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 45, (2), 354-384 View citations (513)
See also Working Paper Incentives and Social Capital: Are Homeowners Better Citizens?, NBER Working Papers (1998) View citations (26) (1998)
Learning in Cities
Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 46, (2), 254-277 View citations (441)
See also Working Paper Learning in Cities, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (10) (1997)
Population and Economic Growth
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 145-149 View citations (128)
The Geographic Concentration of Industry: Does Natural Advantage Explain Agglomeration?
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 311-316 View citations (506)
See also Working Paper The Geographic Concentration of Industry: Does Natural Advantage Explain Agglomeration?, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (1999) View citations (483) (1999)
The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (3), 455-506 View citations (455)
See also Working Paper The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (17) (1997)

1998

Are Cities Dying?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (2), 139-160 View citations (293)
Incentives, Predestination and Free Will
Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (3), 429-43 View citations (36)
Information Technology and the Future of Cities
Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (1), 136-156 View citations (294)
See also Working Paper Information Technology and the Future of Cities, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (31) (1996)
Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be: An Economic Analysis of Interest Restrictions and Usury Laws
Journal of Law and Economics, 1998, 41, (1), 1-36 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be: An Economic Analysis of Interest Restrictions and Usury Laws, NBER Working Papers (1994) (1994)
Should transfer payments be indexed to local price levels?
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1998, 28, (1), 1-20 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Should Transfer Payments Be Indexed to Local Price Levels?, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (1) (1996)
The Los Angeles Riot and the Economics of Urban Unrest
Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (1), 52-78 View citations (68)
Who Owns Guns? Criminals, Victims, and the Culture of Violence
American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 458-62 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper Who Owns Guns? Criminals, Victims and the Culture of Violence, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (1998) View citations (23) (1998)

1997

A reconsideration of the (in)sensitivity of tests of the intertemporal allocation of consumption to near rational alternatives
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1997, 21, (7), 1173-1180 View citations (2)
Geographic Concentration in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: A Dartboard Approach
Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (5), 889-927 View citations (1223)
See also Working Paper Geographic Concentration in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: A Dartboard Approach, Working papers (1994) View citations (45) (1994)
Ghettos: the changing consequences of ethnic isolation
Regional Review, 1997, (Spr), 18-24
Self-Imposed Term Limits
Public Choice, 1997, 93, (3-4), 389-94 View citations (20)
Thin Markets, Asymmetric Information, and Mortgage-Backed Securities
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1997, 6, (1), 64-86 View citations (32)

1996

The Incentive Effects of Property Taxes on Local Governments
Public Choice, 1996, 89, (1-2), 93-111 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper The Incentive Effects of Property Taxes on Local Governments, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (2) (1995)
The Transition to Free Markets: Where to Begin Privatization
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1996, 22, (1), 23-42 View citations (18)

1995

Economic growth in a cross-section of cities
Journal of Monetary Economics, 1995, 36, (1), 117-143 View citations (579)
See also Working Paper Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of Cities, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (571) (1995)

1994

Why does schooling generate economic growth?
Economics Letters, 1994, 44, (3), 333-337 View citations (20)

1992

Growth in Cities
Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (6), 1126-52 View citations (1793)
See also Working Paper Growth in Cities, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (57) (1991)
The Cinderella Paradox Resolved
Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (2), 430-32 View citations (2)

Books

2021

Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment, NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2013

Housing and the Financial Crisis
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)

2010

Agglomeration Economics
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
Cities and Entrepreneurship
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (46)

2006

Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (66)

2003

The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (68)

Chapters

2022

How Regressive Are Mobility-Related User Fees and Gasoline Taxes?
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 37, 2022, pp 1-56 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper How Regressive are Mobility-Related User Fees and Gasoline Taxes?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2020

Introduction to "Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment"
A chapter in Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment, 2020, pp 1-38 View citations (4)

2019

Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity
A chapter in Big Data for Twenty-First-Century Economic Statistics, 2019, pp 249-273 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (34) (2017)
The Spatial Mismatch between Innovation and Joblessness
A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 20, 2019, pp 233-299 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper The Spatial Mismatch Between Innovation and Joblessness, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (10) (2019)

2014

The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs
A chapter in Human Capital in History: The American Record, 2014, pp 355-389
See also Working Paper The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (7) (2013)

2013

Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, 2013, pp 129-166 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (41) (2013)

2012

Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?
A chapter in Housing and the Financial Crisis, 2012, pp 301-359 View citations (95)
See also Working Paper Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (120) (2010)
Postmortem for a Housing Crash
A chapter in Housing and the Financial Crisis, 2012, pp 1-17
Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions
A chapter in Retirement Benefits for State and Local Employees: Designing Pension Plans for the Twenty-First Century, 2012 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (8) (2013)

2011

Comment on "House Price Booms and the Current Account"
A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2011, Volume 26, 2011, pp 123-131

2010

Clusters of Entrepreneurship
A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (146)
See also Working Paper Clusters of Entrepreneurship, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (8) (2009)
Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
A chapter in Agglomeration Economics, 2010, pp 303-337 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (41) (2007)
Introduction to "Agglomeration Economics"
A chapter in Agglomeration Economics, 2010, pp 1-14 View citations (72)
Social Interactions and Smoking
A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 123-141 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Social Interactions and Smoking, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (28) (2007)
Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship
A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (170)
See also Working Paper Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (14) (2009)

2009

Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?
A chapter in Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, 2009, pp 423-442 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (2) (2007)
Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
A chapter in Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2009, pp 255-282 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (18) (2006)

2007

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of a Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
A chapter in Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Structure, 2007 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (10) (2008)

2006

Corruption and Reform: Introduction
A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 3-22 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Corruption and Reform: An Introduction, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (18) (2004)
The Rise of the Fourth Estate. How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered
A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 187-230 View citations (75)
See also Working Paper The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (37) (2004)
Work and Leisure in the United States and Europe: Why So Different?
A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2005, Volume 20, 2006, pp 1-100 View citations (74)

2003

Introduction to "The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations"
A chapter in The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations, 2003, pp 1-44 View citations (16)
The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 17, 2003, pp 37-82 View citations (81)
See also Working Paper The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (50) (2002)

2001

Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 219-270 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2001) View citations (26) (2001)