Research
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Published and accepted papers
The Geography of Travel Behavior in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic (with Jeff Brinkman)
[forthcoming, Journal of Urban Economics: Insights]
working paper verison here, and nontechnical summary there
Related article in Economic Insights (FRB Philadelphia)Speculative Fever: Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble (with Patrick Bayer and James Roberts)
American Economic Review, 2021 (111:2)
See also NBER WP 22065Speculators and Middlemen: The Strategy and Performance of Investors in the Housing Market (with Patrick Bayer, Chris Geissler, and James Roberts)
Review of Financial Studies, 2020 (33:11)
See also NBER WP 16784
Working Papers
Fast Locations and Slowing Labor Mobility (with Patrick Coate)
FRB Philadelphia WP 19-49, and nontechnical summary here
coverage in The Economist
Related article in Economic Insights (FRB Philadelphia)
Capitalization as a Two-Part Tariff: The Role of Zoning (with Spencer Banzhaf)
The Role of Housing in Carbon Emissions [R&R, Journal of Urban Economics]
Cities and Labor Market Dynamics (working paper with appendices) (computational appendix only) [new version coming soon]
Coming and Going: Spatial Heterogeneity in Gross Population Flows [R&R, Review of Regional Studies]
Work in progress
Expecting an Expressway (with Jeff Brinkman and Jeff Lin) [slides here]
Real Options in Spatial Equilbrium (with Jungsoo Yoo)
Trapped by History: Redevelopment Frictions in Urban Growth
Capital in Trade: On the Use of State Variables in Spatial Equilibrium Models
Housing Investors' Use of Leverage (with Ben McCartney and Manuel Adelino)