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This paper investigates the efficiency impact of garage ownership frictions in the procurement of public bus transportation services in …

How do cities grow in the process of structural transformation? To answer this question, we develop a multi-sector spatial equilibrium …

Every year, about 1 in 20 Americans move across cities. Extensive research has highlighted relevant frictions in geographic mobility, indicating constraints on individuals’ ability to maximize professional, educational, or investment opportunities.

This paper estimates a structural model of the market for public bus transportation services in London, which links the value of a bus …

I am always looking for motivated research assistants, and I was lucky to work with people who went on to other exciting opportunities after having worked for me (see below!).

Developed economies moved from a baby boom to a baby bust, with very low fertility in large urban centers. We develop a spatial theory of demographic change and urban growth, whereby the housing market acts as an endogenous automatic stabilizer of fertility: high housing costs deter fertility while lower demographic growth mitigates future housing price increase.