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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · May 30

Honoured and delighted to receive the 2025 Maurice Allais Prize in Economics, together with Gilles Duranton, for our paper Urban Growth and its Aggregate Implications (Econometrica, @ecmaeditors.bsky.social, 2023).
📷: Peter Gunnar

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Mar 8

Huge congratulations, Judit! So well deserved!

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Lluis Montoliu @lluismontoliu.bsky.social · Mar 8

Llego a Alicante y veo este anuncio por la calle de los premios #JaimeI Premios Rei Jaume I y me ha parecido muy ingenioso, irónico, innovador y hecho con talento. Una estupenda idea. Enhorabuena al diseñador o diseñadora o publicista que lo ha ideado, por esta propuesta diferente.

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

You can also look back (in another platform) at my lists of 10 #UrbanEconomics articles published in 2023 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...), 2022 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...), 2021 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...), 2020 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...), 2019 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...) & 2018 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...)

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

j) Yabe, Garcia-Bulle, Frank, Pentland & @estebanmoro.bsky.social, @natureportfolio.bsky.social Human Behavior. Sequential visits to venues measured with smartphone pings deviate substantially from gravity, implying spatial shock diffusion is more complex than mere spatial decay t.ly/BGshD

Behaviour-based dependency networks between places shape urban economic resilience - Nature Human Behaviour

Yabe and colleagues use human mobility data to identify dependencies in visitation patterns between places in cities, with unexpected prevalence at long-distance connections. Leveraging this network e...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

i) Oberfield, Rossi-Hansberg, Sarte & Trachter, @jpolecon.bsky.social. Firms choose plant density in tractable model of trade-off between distance to consumers vs span-of-control, fixed costs & cannibalization; productive firms place more plants in dense high-rent areas, less elsewhere t.ly/N4Jds

Plants in Space | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No 3

To decide the number, size, and location of its plants, a firm balances the benefit of delivering goods from multiple plants with the cost of setting up and managing these plants and the potential for...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

h) Miyauchi, @ecmaeditors.bsky.social. Using Japanese firm‐to‐firm transactions panel data, shows rematching following unexpected supplier bankruptcy improves with spatial density of alternative suppliers; this can account for big share of agglomeration benefits t.ly/0TTgV

Matching and Agglomeration: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Firm-to-Firm Trade - The Econometric Society

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

g) Magontier, Solé-Ollé, @eviladecans.bsky.social, @jpube.bsky.social. With job benefits of coastal development more spatially concentrated than amenity losses, party alignment of neighbouring mayors eases cooperation & curbs development in Spain t.ly/s2yUT

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

f) Liu, Rosenthal & Strange, JUrbanEcon. Studies how building composition differs with anchor tenant inside, on blockface, across the street: anchors skew building's tenants towards their industry, building owners partly internalize externalities t.ly/EjLuc

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

e) @thetahat.bsky.social, @ecmaeditors.bsky.social. Field experiment with GPS data in Bangalore indicates commuters have moderate schedule inflexibility and high value of time, suggesting limited benefits from peak-spreading congestion charges in developing country megacities t.ly/_A6L7

Peak-Hour Road Congestion Pricing: Experimental Evidence and Equilibrium Implications - The Econometric Society

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

d) Evensen, Steen & Ulsaker, @jeeanews.bsky.social. Non-linear relationship between effect of grocery store entry on competitors & distance: very close entry increases local demand & attracts customers but as distance increases competitive effect dominates t.ly/TRMT-

Co-Location, Good, Bad, or Both: How do New Entries of Discount Variety Stores Affect Local Grocery Businesses?

Abstract. We analyse 69 entries and relocations by the largest Norwegian discount variety chain Europris during the period 2016–2019, and measure how its l

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

c) Couture, Gaubert, @handbury.bsky.social & Hurst, @reveconstudies.bsky.social. Spatial model of city with non-homothetic neighbourhood preferences & endogenous amenity quality: rising top incomes reshape US urban sorting, driving gentrification & displacing poorer households t.ly/XfHHZ

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting

Abstract. We explore the impact of rising incomes at the top of the distribution on spatial sorting patterns within large U.S. cities. We develop and quant

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

b) Baum Snow & Han, @jpolecon.bsky.social. Quantify US neighbourhood-level housing supply elasticities and their components, aggregating Bartik shocks with quantitative spatial model, revealing large within-city variations driven by land, topography, and regulation t.ly/3NOQM

The Microgeography of Housing Supply | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No 6

We perform a comprehensive neighborhood-level analysis of housing supply. Predictions of floor space and housing unit supply elasticities using our estimates average 0.5 and 0.3 across all urban neigh...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

a) Accetturo, Cascarano & de Blasio, RSUE. In Italian areas more exposed to pirate raids, easier-to-defend but less productive locations ended up in being relatively more populated, effects persisted until 1960s t.ly/_l6xT

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27

These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2024 (continues a tradition started in 2018, order is alphabetical by first author, no ranking implied):

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 23

Governments should provide data on quality of public service provision, but often don’t. Thanks to Spain’s Freedom of Information Act & journalists like Montse Hidalgo, @danielegrasso.bsky.social & @iguacel.bsky.social we get facts like map of delays getting appointment with family doctor t.ly/Jnh_L

Mapa de la atención primaria en España: más de la mitad de los centros de salud citan pasadas 48 horas

Comunidades y Gobierno se pusieron como objetivo en 2019 garantizar atención no urgente en menos de dos días. Los datos de más de 2.500 centros de 16 comunidades revelan un panorama dispar

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 18

The final day of the 49th Symposium of the Spanish Economic Association kicked off on a high note with a social running event in beautiful Palma de Mallorca. A big thank you to everyone who joined!

SAEe Running Event Participants in front of Palma Cathedral

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Nov 29

Applications to the Masters & PhD at @cemfi.es are now open. Today, Friday 29 Nov at 3pm CET we are holding an online information meeting for prospective students. Sign up here: bit.ly/3CGlXAb

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jul 29

Congratulations to @GioPietrabissa on his PhD defense before joining @LSEGeography in the fall. I feel very lucky to have been his advisor with Paula Bustos. Thanks to @JDelaRocaUSC, David Nagy & @m_saintmary for examining & to @MilenaAlmagro for her role in Giorgio's Committee https://t.co/bAjp...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jul 15

#EconRA

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jul 15

I am looking for a predoctoral fellow based at CEMFI to assist in the ERC-funded research project "City buzz: Quantity, quality, and variety implications of the urban environment" for one year starting September 2024
Application deadline 31 July...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jun 8

Fantastic papers by @MilanQuentel, @PonsardJade & @anaisfabre_econ awarded the winner and runner-up prizes for the UEA Best Student paper. Very different but all with original interesting question & careful implementation. I very much enjoyed being part of the prize committee https://t.co/YhvTumxtrK

Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jun 2

Another year of @CEMFInews runners enjoying a beautiful Sunday morning in Madrid running through the city in @thevintagerun 10k! https://x.com/kaytansevin/status/1797228820031766732 https://x.com/ProfDiegoPuga/status/1797324750437359929/photo/1

Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · May 8

Congratulations Dani (@darribas) on being awarded the Royal Geographic Society's (@RGS_IBG) Taylor & Francis Award for "leading the way in integrating data science into geography"! https://x.com/darribas/status/1787982207685947705

Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Apr 11

Thrilled & grateful to get an ERC Advanced Grant for "City Buzz: Quantity, quality, and variety implications of the urban environment." My research career would not be possible without the 3 Adv. Grants from @ERCResearch supporting my research at @CEMFINews since 2012. Thank you https://t.co/wD2...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Feb 2

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Feb 2

Neat in @AEAJournals Policy by Borraz, @NicolsGonzlezP4, @CarozziFelipe & Zipitría. Uses place-based tax break to show housing stock growth raises grocery variety, lowers prices, little store change. Rationalised w/ @Thierry__Mayer, Melitz, Ottaviano model...

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jan 23

The @FundacioIEB Workshop on Urban Economics in Barcelona is always one of the most interesting and fun conferences on spatial topics. Applications open until 4 March, workshop 10-12 June 2024 https://t.co/5I4MWLl21A https://t.co/djUQwE5a1U

Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jan 10

Having @monicambravo as a colleague is a great perk of @CEMFINews. With her appointment to lead Spain's social inclusion policies, Mónica goes from informing policy with RCTs to making informed decisions herself, a big step towards evidence-based policies & effective inclusion https://t.co/EZ603...

Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Jan 2

Carmen Valero shattered barriers as Spain's first female Olympic athlete & 2-time World XC Champion in an era when women were largely excluded from sports & other male-dominated roles. Spain's dramatic evolution since then is a tribute to her pioneering spirit & lasting legacy https://t.co/XjHyk...