Research

(Google Scholar Profile)

Publications

• “Technology Adoption Under Uncertainty: Take-Up and Subsequent Investment in Zambia” (pre-print) with Paulina Oliva, Kelsey Jack, Samuel Bell, and Elizabeth Mettetal. Accepted at the Review of Economics and Statistics.
  • (older NBER Working Paper)
• “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.
  • [UCSB press coverage].
• “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.

Working Papers

• “Commuting, Labor, and Housing Market Effects of Mass Transportation: Welfare and Identification.”
  • NEW January 2019 draft and slides
  • Lots of new stuff, including assessments of some common methods and assumptions in quantitative urban economic geography.
• “Formative Experiences and the Price of Gasoline” (with Arthur van Benthem). NBER Working Paper 26091.
  • Media coveraege: Washington Post, NBER Digest.
  • Ungated version

Selected Works in Progress

• “Mobility Restrictions, Human Capital Attainment, and Youth Employment” (with Valerie Bostwick).

• “Modal Choice and Income in Mexico City” (with Paulina Oliva and Danae Hernández-Cortés).

• “Climate, Innovation, and Adaptation” (with Olivier Deschênes and Jeff Lin).

• “Defying Gravity”