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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 11h

New in JUE: JUE Insights: Who bears climate-related physical risk?, by David Wylie, Natee Amornsiripanitch, John Heilbron, Kevin Zhao. #econsky #urbanecon

JUE <em>Insights</em>: Who bears climate-related physical risk?

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): David Wylie, Natee Amornsiripanitch, John Heilbron, Kevin Zhao

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 13h

New in RSUE: Information Disclosure, Search Cost, and the Housing Market, by Hefan Zheng, Qiuyi Wang, Keyang Li, Jing Wu. #econsky #urbanecon

Information Disclosure, Search Cost, and the Housing Market

Publication date: Available online 10 October 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics Author(s): Hefan Zheng, Qiuyi Wang, Keyang Li, Jing Wu

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 1d

New in JUE: The effect of subway policies on gasoline consumption: Subway expansion versus fare changes, by Antung A. Liu, Yucheng Wang, Lei Zhang. #econsky #urbanecon

The effect of subway policies on gasoline consumption: Subway expansion versus fare changes

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): Antung A. Liu, Yucheng Wang, Lei Zhang

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 1d

New in RSUE: The value of historic district status, by Carlianne Patrick. #econsky #urbanecon

The value of historic district status

Publication date: November 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 115 Author(s): Carlianne Patrick

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 2d

New in JUE: Does rent control increase tenant unemployment?, by Hanchen Jiang, Luis Quintero, Xi Yang. #econsky #urbanecon

Does rent control increase tenant unemployment?

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): Hanchen Jiang, Luis Quintero, Xi Yang

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 2d

New in RSUE: The effects of improving a local amenity on housing markets and neighborhoods: Evidence from Chicago, by Heejin Kim. #econsky #urbanecon

The effects of improving a local amenity on housing markets and neighborhoods: Evidence from Chicago

Publication date: Available online 6 October 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics Author(s): Heejin Kim

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NBER @nber.org · 4d

Differences in the cost of acquiring human capital shape the geography of economic development. Regional proportional reductions in these costs dominate uniform policies, from Klaus Desmet, Dávid Krisztián Nagy, and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg https://www.nber.org/papers/w34310

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 3d

Americans understand supply and demand when it comes to cars and crops, but struggle to apply the same logic to housing markets. We spoke with @cselmendorf.bsky.social of UC Davis about what this might mean for economic messaging on housing policy. #ResearchHighlight www.aeaweb.org/research/hou...

Housing supply skepticism

Christopher Elmendorf discusses the views of the US public on the housing market.

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 3d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "The Segregative Effects of Charter Schools" by Angela Crema. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The Segregative Effects of Charter Schools

(Forthcoming Article) - I study the effects of charters on student racial segregation, identifying a novel mechanism: the assignment of white and nonwhite students to regular classrooms within their s...

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NBER @nber.org · 3d

Characterizing the potential and limits of using satellite imagery and machine learning technology to measure ground conditions, from Proctor, Carleton, Chong, Fransen, Greenhill, Katz, Murayama, Sherman, Tseng, Druckenmiller, and Hsiang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34315

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 3d

New in JUE: Firms for funding: The effect of Million Dollar Plants on school finances and student achievement, by Rahul R. Gupta, Viviana Rodriguez. #econsky #urbanecon

Firms for funding: The effect of Million Dollar Plants on school finances and student achievement

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): Rahul R. Gupta, Viviana Rodriguez

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 3d

New in RSUE: The influence of intergovernmental transfers on local taxes: Evidence from Switzerland, by Nicola Mauri, Linus Peter. #econsky #urbanecon

The influence of intergovernmental transfers on local taxes: Evidence from Switzerland

Publication date: November 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 115 Author(s): Nicola Mauri, Linus Peter

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 4d

New in JUE: Strategies and consequences of local fiscal consolidation: Evidence from Germany, by Melinda Fremerey, Andreas Lichter, Max Löffler. #econsky #urbanecon

Strategies and consequences of local fiscal consolidation: Evidence from Germany

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): Melinda Fremerey, Andreas Lichter, Max Löffler

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 4d

New in RSUE: Housing, mortgage recourse, and financial fragility, by Jiahong Gao, Robert R. Reed. #econsky #urbanecon

Housing, mortgage recourse, and financial fragility

Publication date: November 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 115 Author(s): Jiahong Gao, Robert R. Reed

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 5d

New in JUE: Rushing to opportunity: City growth and entrepreneurship, by Kristian Behrens, Nathan Seegert. #econsky #urbanecon

Rushing to opportunity: City growth and entrepreneurship

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): Kristian Behrens, Nathan Seegert

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 5d

New in RSUE: Does the urban wage premium imply a higher firms’ labor share in big cities?, by Florian Mayneris. #econsky #urbanecon

Does the urban wage premium imply a higher firms’ labor share in big cities?

Publication date: Available online 3 October 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics Author(s): Florian Mayneris

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Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 5d

Platform competition in NYC ride-hailing wastes $176M/yr and 21% of driver traffic. A merger would cut traffic by 8% but raise prices, costing consumers $77M/yr. Interoperability rules could reduce traffic by 6% and boost consumer surplus by $63M/yr. buff.ly/MeV4sJz

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 6d

New in JUE: Tastes, geography and culture, by Eve Colson-Sihra, José De Sousa, Thierry Mayer. #econsky #urbanecon

Tastes, geography and culture

Publication date: November 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 150 Author(s): Eve Colson-Sihra, José De Sousa, Thierry Mayer

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NBER @nber.org · 6d

Quantifying the impact of perceived cancer risk on housing values using widely advertised national reclassifications of chemical carcinogenicity in the US, from Jules H. van Binsbergen, João F. Cocco, Marco Grotteria, and S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan https://www.nber.org/papers/w34305

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 6d

New in RSUE: Structural transformation and the urban growth shadows: County-level evidence from China, 1990–2020, by Enning Tang, Ming Gao, Wei You. #econsky #urbanecon

Structural transformation and the urban growth shadows: County-level evidence from China, 1990–2020

Publication date: November 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 115 Author(s): Enning Tang, Ming Gao, Wei You

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 7d

New in JUE: Death, destruction, and growth in cities: Entrepreneurial capital and economic geography after the 1918 influenza, by Robert B. Fluegge. #econsky #urbanecon

Death, destruction, and growth in cities: Entrepreneurial capital and economic geography after the 1918 influenza

Publication date: November 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 150 Author(s): Robert B. Fluegge

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 7d

New in RSUE: Productivity and wage effects of an exogenous improvement in transport infrastructure: Accessibility and the Great Belt Bridge, by Bruno De Borger, Ismir Mulalic, Jan Rouwendal. #econsky #urbanecon

Productivity and wage effects of an exogenous improvement in transport infrastructure: Accessibility and the Great Belt Bridge

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 114 Author(s): Bruno De Borger, Ismir Mulalic, Jan Rouwendal

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NBER @nber.org · 9d

Knowledge spillovers are key to growth but hard to estimate. Randomly giving out energy-efficient motors to leather-goods firms in Bangladesh led to strong local spillovers, from Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w34296

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 8d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States" by Cory Smith. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States

(Forthcoming Article) - I study the long-run economic effects of land concentration on the American frontier. Using quasi-random variation in initial land allocations from a checkerboard formula, I an...

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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 8d

New in JUE: The labor market outcomes of jurisdictional consolidation: Evidence from city–county mergers in China, by Shiyu Bo, Yi Wang. #econsky #urbanecon

The labor market outcomes of jurisdictional consolidation: Evidence from city–county mergers in China

Publication date: September 2025 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 149 Author(s): Shiyu Bo, Yi Wang

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