Research

(Google Scholar Profile)

Publications

• Severen and Plantinga. (2018). Land-Use Regulations, Property Values, and Rents: Decomposing the Effects of the California Coastal Act. Journal of Urban Economics 107, 65-78.
  • [UCSB press coverage].
• Severen, Costello, and Deschênes. (2018). A forward-looking Ricardian approach: Do land markets capitalize climate change forecasts? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 89, 235-254.

Working Papers

• Oliva, Jack, Bell, Severen, and Mettetal. (2015). Technology Adoption Under Uncertainty: Take-Up and Subsequent Investment in Zambia. NBER Working Paper 21414.
  • Revise and resubmit at Review of Economics and Statistics.
• Severen. (2018). Commuting, Labor, and Housing Market Effects of Mass Transportation: Welfare and Identification.
  • NEW June 2018 draft (with Appendix), older draft available as FRB Philadelphia Working Paper 18-14.

Works in Progress

• “Formative Experiences and the Price of Gasoline” (with Arthur van Benthem).