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Working Papers

2018

Human-Capital Externalities in China
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Jobs for the Heartland: Place-Based Policies in 21st Century America
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Measuring Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
The Role of Industry, Occupation, and Location-Specific Knowledge in the Survival of New Firms
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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 (1)
The Economic Implications of Housing Supply
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
The Political Economy of Transportation Investment
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Urban Productivity in the Developing World
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Water, Health and Wealth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2016

A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Crowdsourcing City Government: Using Tournaments to Improve Inspection Accuracy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Real Estate Bubbles and Urban Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Securing Property Rights
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
Transforming Cities: Does Urbanization Promote Democratic Change?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
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 (23)

2015

A Theory of Civil Disobedience
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
An Extrapolative Model of House Price Dynamics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
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 (2)
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 (1)
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (34)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (20)
Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People, and Ideas
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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 (4)
Unhappy Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2013

A Nation Of Gamblers: Real Estate Speculation And American History
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
See also Chapter (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 (5)
See also Chapter (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
See also Chapter (2014)
Why Does Balanced News Produce Unbalanced Views?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2012

Housing Booms and City Centers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
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 (1)
Urban Public Finance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2011

Cities, Skills, and Regional Change
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
Identification and Inference with Many Invalid Instruments
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2010

Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
See also Chapter (2012)

2009

Clusters of Entrepreneurship
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Chapter (2010)
The Complementarity between Cities and Skills
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
The Greenness of China: Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (222)
Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Chapter (2010)
Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)

2008

Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (233)
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 (8)
Social Capital and Urban Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
The Economics of Place-Making Policies
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
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 (26)
Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
See also Chapter (2010)
Entrepreneurship and the City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
Extremism and Social Learning
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Chapter (2009)
Social Interactions and Smoking
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
See also Chapter (2010)
The Economics Approach to Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
The Rise of the Sunbelt
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (48)
When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

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 (9)
The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
The Political Economy of Warfare
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
See also Chapter (2009)
Why Does Democracy Need Education?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)

2005

Inequality
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
Myths and Realities of American Political Geography
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Paternalism and Psychology
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
The Divergence of Human Capital Levels Across Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (187)
Urban Colossus: Why is New York America's Largest City?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
Urban Growth and Housing Supply
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
What Explains Differences in Smoking, Drinking and Other Health-Related Behaviors
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (59)
Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (142)
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (96)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (120)
See also Chapter (2006)

2004

Corruption and Reform: An Introduction
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
Corruption in America
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
Do Institutions Cause Growth?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (988)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2004)
Opportunities, Race, and Urban Location: The Influence of John Kain
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2004)
Psychology and the Market
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (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 (25)
See also Chapter (2006)

2003

Cities, Regions and the Decline of Transport Costs
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (109)
Reinventing Boston: 1640-2003
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Sprawl and Urban Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (165)
The New Comparative Economics
Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations (233)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations (257)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (259)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)
The Rise of the Skilled City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (109)
Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2003) View citations (41)
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (481)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2003)
Why is Manhattan So Expensive? Regulation and the Rise in House Prices
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)

2002

The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
See also Chapter (2003)
The Curley Effect
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
The Governance of Not-For-Profit Firms
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
The Impact of Zoning on Housing Affordability
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
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 (7)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2003)
The Political Economy of Hatred
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
The Social Multiplier
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)

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 (6)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2002)
Decentralized Employment and the Transformation of the American City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (125)
Education and Religion
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2001) View citations (50)
Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (20)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (15)
See also Chapter (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 (5)
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 (33)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (64)
Public Ownership in the American City
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
The Rise of the Regulatory State
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2003)
Urban Decline and Durable Housing
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
Also in Zell/Lurie Center Working Papers, Wharton School Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center, University of Pennsylvania View citations (16)
Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (78)

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 in Journal of Economic Geography (2001)
The Determinants of Punishment: Deterrence, Incapacitation and Vengeance
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 (2000) View citations (12)
The Economic Approach to Social Capital
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (64)
The Social Consequences of Housing
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Housing Economics (2000)
Why Do The Poor Live In Cities?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (55)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (108)

1999

Measuring Social Interactions
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (27)
The Geographic Concentration of Industry: Does Natural Advantage Explain Agglomeration?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (234)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (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 (26)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (38)

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 (15)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1997) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (1999)
Not-For-Profit Entrepreneurs
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1998) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2001)
What Do Prosecutors Maximize? An Analysis of Drug Offenders and Concurrent Jurisdiction
JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (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 (15)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)

1997

Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (98)
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2002)
Learning in Cities
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 (1997) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (1999)
The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2003)
The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1999)

1991

Growth in Cities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1992)

Journal Articles

2012

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

2005

Reinventing Boston: 1630--2003
Journal of Economic Geography, 2005, 5, (2), 119-153 View citations (37)
The Curley Effect: The Economics of Shaping the Electorate
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2005, 21, (1), 1-19 View citations (33)

2004

Do Institutions Cause Growth?
Journal of Economic Growth, 2004, 9, (3), 271-303 View citations (996)
See also Working Paper (2004)
Opportunities, race, and urban location: the influence of John Kain
Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56, (1), 70-79 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2004)
Psychology and the Market
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 408-413 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1027-1046 View citations (64)
See also Working Paper (1997)
The Rise of the Regulatory State
Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 41, (2), 401-425 View citations (153)
See also Working Paper (2001)
The impact of building restrictions on housing affordability
Economic Policy Review, 2003, (Jun), 21-39 View citations (66)
The injustice of inequality
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (1), 199-222 View citations (135)
See also Working Paper (2002)
The new comparative economics
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (4), 595-619 View citations (258)
See also Working Paper (2003)
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (3), 93-118 View citations (482)
See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

An Economic Approach to Social Capital
Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (483), 437-458 View citations (473)
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 (60)
See also Working Paper (2001)
Geographic Concentration As A Dynamic Process
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (2), 193-204 View citations (264)
See also Working Paper (1997)

2001

A Reason for Quantity Regulation
American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 431-435 View citations (34)
Cities and Skills
Journal of Labor Economics, 2001, 19, (2), 316-42 View citations (563)
See also Working Paper (1994)
Consumer city
Journal of Economic Geography, 2001, 1, (1), 27-50 View citations (353)
See also Working Paper (2000)
Not-for-profit entrepreneurs
Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 81, (1), 99-115 View citations (172)
See also Working Paper (1998)

2000

The Social Consequences of Housing
Journal of Housing Economics, 2000, 9, (1-2), 1-23 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

From John Lindsay to Rudy Giuliani: the decline of the local safety net?
Economic Policy Review, 1999, (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 (308)
See also Working Paper (1998)
Learning in Cities
Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 46, (2), 254-277 View citations (284)
See also Working Paper (1997)
Population and Economic Growth
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 145-149 View citations (43)
The Geographic Concentration of Industry: Does Natural Advantage Explain Agglomeration?
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 311-316 View citations (224)
See also Working Paper (1999)
The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (3), 455-506 View citations (326)
See also Working Paper (1997)

1998

Are Cities Dying?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (2), 139-160 View citations (195)
Incentives, Predestination and Free Will
Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (3), 429-43 View citations (18)
Information Technology and the Future of Cities
Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (1), 136-156 View citations (197)
See also Working Paper (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 (11)
See also Working Paper (1994)
Should transfer payments be indexed to local price levels?
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1998, 28, (1), 1-20 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (1996)
The Los Angeles Riot and the Economics of Urban Unrest
Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (1), 52-78 View citations (34)
Who Owns Guns? Criminals, Victims, and the Culture of Violence
American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 458-62 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (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 (805)
See also Working Paper (1994)
Self-Imposed Term Limits
Public Choice, 1997, 93, (3-4), 389-94 View citations (12)
Thin Markets, Asymmetric Information, and Mortgage-Backed Securities
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1997, 6, (1), 64-86 View citations (18)

1996

The Incentive Effects of Property Taxes on Local Governments
Public Choice, 1996, 89, (1-2), 93-111 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper (1995)
The Transition to Free Markets: Where to Begin Privatization
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1996, 22, (1), 23-42 View citations (12)

1995

Economic growth in a cross-section of cities
Journal of Monetary Economics, 1995, 36, (1), 117-143 View citations (392)
See also Working Paper (1995)

1994

Why does schooling generate economic growth?
Economics Letters, 1994, 44, (3), 333-337 View citations (17)

1992

Growth in Cities
Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (6), 1126-52 View citations (1169)
See also Working Paper (1991)
The Cinderella Paradox Resolved
Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (2), 430-32 View citations (2)

Books

2013

Housing and the Financial Crisis
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2010

Agglomeration Economics
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
Cities and Entrepreneurship
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2006

Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)

Chapters

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 (2013)

2013

Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, 2013, pp 129-166 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?
A chapter in Housing and the Financial Crisis, 2012, pp 301-359 View citations (64)
See also Working Paper (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 (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 (86)
See also Working Paper (2009)
Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
A chapter in Agglomeration Economics, 2010, pp 303-337 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Introduction to "Agglomeration Economics"
A chapter in Agglomeration Economics, 2010, pp 1-14 View citations (18)
Social Interactions and Smoking
A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 123-141
See also Working Paper (2007)
Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship
A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (71)
See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

Is the U.S. Population Behaving Healthier?
A chapter in Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, 2009, pp 423-442 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
A chapter in Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2009, pp 255-282 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of a Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
A chapter in Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Structure, 2007

2006

Corruption and Reform: Introduction
A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 2-22 View citations (9)
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 (28)
See also Working Paper (2004)
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different?
A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2005, Volume 20, 2006, pp 1-100 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper (2005)

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 (12)
The Benefits of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 17, 2003, pp 37-82 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 219-270 View citations (33)
See also Working Paper (2001)