Econ PhD Essentials:

Heartbreaking.. Los Angeles Fire Damage Likely to Be Costliest in U.S. History wsj.com/us-news/los-an… via The Wall Street Journal

Policymakers who cannot commit to long-term plans tend to overbuild and maintain larger levee systems compared to those with time-consistent strategies, from @amine_ouazad and Matthew E. Kahn nber.org/papers/w33333

For those who want to jump to the frontier in select areas of economics, the AEA has posted the webcasts of this year’s continuing lectures. Thanks much to Lawrence Katz for his leadership and vision in assembling these lectures. aeaweb.org/conference/web…

Here is the January 2024 draft of a really good paper by Amanda Ang. Amanda received her PHD from @usc_econ and I was the Chair of her thesis committee. Her paper is titled: "Paradise Lost: Population Growth and Wildfire Mitigation". dropbox.com/scl/fi/ozoije9…

In Defining Ideas, Hoover Institution visiting fellow @MattKahn1966 analyzes the policy failures, regulatory missteps, and market conditions contributing to the severity of the Los Angeles fires. Read the full article here: hoover.org/research/kindl…

I am going to talk about this post by Matthew E. Kahn in my real estate classes.

(1/2) Measuring global GDP is challenging, especially in middle- and low-income countries where reliable statistics are scarce. In new research, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg combines nighttime lights, land use, emissions, and a random forest model to estimate subnational GDP.

Aside from the general issues about Trump‘s tariff and his economic nationalism strategy, today’s actions against Canada and Mexico are inexplicable and dangerous. 1/8

We urgently need to devise (climate) institutions that alleviate the moral hazard dynamics associated with post-disaster relief policies. More generally, we need a governance structure for adaptation (of course, in addition to ambitious mitigation, not as a substitute).

🚀 Early-career women in Economic Geography & Spatial Economics - join us at LSE for WECW-EGSE (12–13 May 2025) 📊 Apply by 1 March! Send a 2-page abstract to [email protected] (Subject: WECW-EGSE) Elena Renzullo Riccardo Crescenzi 🔗 More info zurl.co/oxUj5

New article by Sean Angst, Jovanna Rosen, Gary Painter and Soledad De Gregorio: Harassment or neglect? How market dynamics and #RentControl shape #LandlordBehaviour in Los Angeles ow.ly/8Tgl50USoaQ

📣new paper alert: An Alpha in Affordable Housing? a collaboration with with Sven Damen and Matthijs Korevaar showing that low-rent/low-income housing earns the highest returns for landlords in the U.S., Belgium, and The Netherlands.

📢Tomorrow! Join us Online Spatial & Urban Seminar at 11:30 ET, 4:30 pm (UK), or 5:30 pm (Euro)! Andrii Parkhomenko (USC) presents "Dynamic Urban Economics" (osus.info) Hosted by Urban Economics Association #econtwitter

We are pleased to announce that the President's Letter 2025, written by our President Albert Saiz, is now available on our website. Read his reflections on the past year and thoughts for the future: areuea.memberclicks.net/president-s-le…

I’m feeling spunky. Let’s see who’s selling houses in DC. 1- Voter Participation Center, Deputy Director of Mail Programs and World Bank consultant

Small USC Economics gathering in Tallahassee, Florida! Great to catch up with Cynthia Yang (Florida State University), who was promoted to associate professor last year 🥳! She’s an econometrician, and now we share common research interests in urban and spatial economics.

Please join us for the AREUEA virtual seminar of 2025 tomorrow!!! Date: 2nd/April/2025 at 11 AM ET Speaker: Shengwei Guo (U of Hong Kong) Title: Reference Price Updating in the Housing Market Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Public disclosure of CFPB complaint narratives reduced racial discrimination in mortgage lending. Join us this Wednesday at 11 AM for Xiang Li's (Fordham University Gabelli School of Business) talk "Does the Disclosure of Consumer Complaints Reduce Racial Disparities in the Mortgage Lending Market?"

Join us next Wednesday, May 7, at 11:00 (ET), for our Virtual Seminar! Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…