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Working Papers

2025

1. The Bronx Is Burning: Urban Disinvestment Effects of the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
   Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2024)

2024

2. Patent Text and Long-Run Innovation Dynamics: The Critical Role of Model Selection
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

3. Freeway Revolts! The Quality of Life Effects of Highways
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article Freeway Revolts! The Quality of Life Effects of Highways, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2024) (2024)

2020

4. Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2020) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2025) (2025)
5. The Well-Being of Nations: Estimating Welfare from International Migration
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
   See also Journal Article THE WELL‐BEING OF NATIONS: ESTIMATING WELFARE FROM INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
6. What Future for History Dependence in Spatial Economics?
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (7)
   Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2020) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article What future for history dependence in spatial economics?, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (20) (2022)

2019

7. Freeway Revolts!
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (21)

2017

8. Natural Amenities, Neighborhood Dynamics, and Persistence in the Spatial Distribution of Income
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (41)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2013) View citations (20)
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2015) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Natural Amenities, Neighbourhood Dynamics, and Persistence in the Spatial Distribution of Income, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2018) View citations (98) (2018)
9. The Paper Trail of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Patent Interferences [REVISED]
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (1)

2016

10. What Have We Learned About the Causes of Recent Gentrification?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (28)

2015

11. History and the sizes of cities
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article History and the Sizes of Cities, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (25) (2015)

2013

12. Regional resilience
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2012) View citations (1)

2011

13. Portage and path dependence
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Portage and Path Dependence, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2012) View citations (435) (2012)

2010

14. Portage: Path Dependence and Increasing Returns in U.S. History
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2010) View citations (7)

2009

15. Technological adaptation, cities and new work
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Technological Adaptation, Cities, and New Work, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011) View citations (108) (2011)

2007

16. Innovation, cities, and new work
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (3)
17. Thick-market effects and churning in the labor market: evidence from U.S. cities
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (10)
    Also in Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State (2006)
    See also Journal Article Thick-market effects and churning in the labor market: Evidence from US cities, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (93) (2012)

2002

18. Gentrification and Transit in Northwest Chicago
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Gentrification and Transit in Northwest Chicago, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum (2002) View citations (22) (2002)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (3), 853-863
   See also Working Paper Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2024

2. Freeway Revolts! The Quality of Life Effects of Highways
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106, (5), 1268-1284
   See also Working Paper Freeway Revolts! The Quality of Life Effects of Highways, Working Papers (2022) View citations (23) (2022)

2022

3. The Costs and Benefits of Fixing Downtown Freeways
   Economic Insights, 2022, 7, (1), 17-22 View citations (1)
4. What future for history dependence in spatial economics?
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 94, (C) View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper What Future for History Dependence in Spatial Economics?, Working Papers (2020) View citations (7) (2020)

2021

5. THE WELL‐BEING OF NATIONS: ESTIMATING WELFARE FROM INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
   International Economic Review, 2021, 62, (3), 1111-1130 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Well-Being of Nations: Estimating Welfare from International Migration, Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

6. Population Density and Local Food Market Channels
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2020, 42, (3), 477-496 View citations (8)
7. The Paper Trail of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Patent Interferences
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (2), 278-302 View citations (18)

2018

8. Natural Amenities, Neighbourhood Dynamics, and Persistence in the Spatial Distribution of Income
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85, (1), 663-694 View citations (98)
   See also Working Paper Natural Amenities, Neighborhood Dynamics, and Persistence in the Spatial Distribution of Income, Working Papers (2017) View citations (41) (2017)

2017

9. Understanding Gentrification’s Causes
   Economic Insights, 2017, 2, (3), 9-17 View citations (1)

2015

10. History and the Sizes of Cities
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 558-63 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper History and the sizes of cities, Working Papers (2015) View citations (18) (2015)
11. The puzzling persistence of place
    Business Review, 2015, (Q2), 1-8 View citations (6)

2014

12. The paper trail of knowledge transfers
    Business Review, 2014, (Q2), 1-6 View citations (8)

2012

13. Geography, history, economies of density, and the location of cities
    Business Review, 2012, (Q3), 18-24 View citations (4)
14. Portage and Path Dependence
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (2), 587-644 View citations (435)
    See also Working Paper Portage and path dependence, Working Papers (2011) View citations (21) (2011)
15. Thick-market effects and churning in the labor market: Evidence from US cities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, 72, (2), 87-103 View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper Thick-market effects and churning in the labor market: evidence from U.S. cities, Working Papers (2007) View citations (10) (2007)

2011

16. Technological Adaptation, Cities, and New Work
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (2), 554-574 View citations (108)
    See also Working Paper Technological adaptation, cities and new work, Working Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
17. Urban productivity advantages from job search and matching
    Business Review, 2011, (Q1), 9-16 View citations (5)

2007

18. Precision, bias, and uncertainty for state population forecasts: an exploratory analysis of time series models
    Population Research and Policy Review, 2007, 26, (3), 347-369 View citations (12)

2002

19. Gentrification and Transit in Northwest Chicago
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2002, 41, (4) View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Gentrification and Transit in Northwest Chicago, MPRA Paper (2002) View citations (25) (2002)