I am an applied economist with interest in urban economics and international trade. In my work, I use modern econometric techniques and large spatial datasets to estimate causal effects that often act over space.
Does political conflict hurt trade? Evidence from consumer boycotts, Journal of International Economics, 99 (2016), p.179-191, ScienceDirect Link.
Press coverage: Financial Times - Economic Research Forum - New Indian Express - LiveMint
Transit Access and Neighborhood Segregation. Evidence from the Dallas Light Rail System, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 73 (2018), p.237-250, ScienceDirect Link.
Political Conflict and Service Trade in Tibor Besedeš and Volker Nitsch (eds): Disrupted Economic Relationships: Disasters, Sanctions, Dissolutions, MIT Press, May 2019, Publisher Link.
Can Medium-Resolution Satellite Imagery Measure Economic Activity at Small Geographies? Evidence from Vietnam (joint with Ran Goldblatt and Yonatan Vaizman), World Bank Economic Review 34 (3), p.635-653, Publisher Link.
The Urban Crime and Heat Gradient in High and Low Poverty Areas (joint with Matthew E. Kahn and Cheng Keat Tang), Journal of Public Economics 197, (Formerly: Neighborhood Quality of Life Dynamics During Extreme Heat: Implications for the Distributional Effects of Climate Change, NBER Working Paper No. 25961.)
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Coverage: Uber Freight Blog
Estimating the Negative Externalities of Traffic Congestion Using Big Data (joint with Antonio Bento and Jonathan D. Hall)