Research

Published Papers

The Efficiency of Local Government: The Role of Privatization and Public Sector Unions (with Matthew E. Kahn & Shanjun Li) Journal of Public Economics (2017), 154: 95-121
         Selected media coverage: Forbes

Local Public Finance Dynamics & Hurricane Shocks (with Matthew E. Kahn & Gary C. Lin)  Journal of Urban Economics (2023), vol. 134 
  Selected media coverage: Inequalitalks podcast   NBER Digest   MARKETPLACE

The Impact of Road Rationing on Housing Demand and Sorting (with Panle Barwick, Shanjun Li, & Jing Wu) Journal of Urban Economics (2024), vol. 140

The Long-Run Effects of Temporary Protection from Deportation  (with Jorgen Harris) – Journal of Policy Analysis & Management (2024)

Cities & Water Quality (with Daniel Phaneuf) – Regional Science and Urban Economics (2024), vol. 107

Municipalities Under the Clean Water Act – accepted at the Journal of the Association of Environmental and ResourceEconomists. Appendix.Code.

Working Papers & Works IN PROGRESS

Navigating Change: Google Maps, Real-time Information & Transit Ridership (with Andrea LaNauze & Xinyi Peng)

Urban Surface Water Pollution & Health (with Carlos Hurtado)

Electrical Blackouts & Crime(with Viviane Sanfelice)

Local Legacies of the Civilian Conservation Corps (with John Bryon Meyer)