Research
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Active Research
Working Papers
- “Commuting, Labor, and Housing Market Effects of Mass Transportation: Welfare and Identification”.
- Brand NEW draft Feb 2021!
- Revision requested at the Review of Economics and Statistics.
- “Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from 1918 Flu Pandemic” (with Enrico Berkes, Olivier Deschênes, Ruben Gaetani, and Jeff Lin). NBER Working Paper 28152 (2020).
Selected Works in Progress
“Driving, Dropouts, and Drive-throughs: Mobility Restrictions and Teen Outcomes” (with Valerie Bostwick).
“Modal Choice and Income in Mexico City” (with Paulina Oliva and Danae Hernández-Cortés).
“Climate, Innovation, and Adaptation” (with Enrico Berkes, Olivier Deschênes, and Jeff Lin).
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications in Economics
- “Formative Experiences and the Price of Gasoline” (with Arthur van Benthem), (recent slides).
- Conditional Accept at AEJ: Applied. Slightly older NBER WP 26091.
- Media coverage: Washington Post, NBER Digest.
- “Technology Adoption Under Uncertainty: Take-Up and Subsequent Investment in Zambia” with Paulina Oliva, Kelsey Jack, Samuel Bell, and Elizabeth Mettetal. Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 3 (2020).
- “Land-Use Regulations, Property Values, and Rents: Decomposing the Effects of the California Coastal Act” with Andrew Plantinga. Journal of Urban Economics 107 (2018): 65-78.
- “A forward-looking Ricardian approach: Do land markets capitalize climate change forecasts?” with Chris Costello, and Olivier Deschênes. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 89 (2018): 235-254.
Books, Chapters, and Essays
- “A Ticket to Ride: Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Rail Transit.” Economic Insights 5, no. 2 (2020).
Other Peer-Reviewed Publications
“What is Marine Justice?” with J Martin, S Gray, E Aceves-Bueno, P Alagona, T Elwell, A Garcia, Z Horton, D Lopez-Carr, J Marter-Kenyon, K Miller, T Shewry, B Twohey. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 9, no. 2 (2019): 234–243.
“Rural Entrepreneurial Education: An Innovative Piece of Practical Development in Latin America.” Student Journal of Latin American Studies 1 (2009): 26–51.