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📢I'm thrilled to announce that I will be on the 2023-2024 Job Market this year! My research interests are in public and urban economics and my JMP is titled: "The Impact of Greenbelts on Housing Markets: Evidence from Toronto" (🧵to follow) Website: hempeleconomics.com

Using the Emerald Ash Borer infestation in Toronto to identify the effect of urban trees on house prices, temperature and energy consumption, from Lu Han, Stephan Heblich, Christopher Timmins, and Yanos Zylberberg nber.org/papers/w32063

Of potential interest to UEA members: CESifo / ifo Workshop on Big Data in Urban and Regional Economics Conference in Munich on 18 - 19 September 2024. Keynote by Gilles Duranton. Submit by May 31. cesifo.org/en/event/2024-… Call for papers (PDF): cesifo.org/sites/default/…

Hi those interested in/working on big data applications in econ history! @mathiasbuehler, Kalle Kappner, and Monique Reiske, and I put together a workshop where you can present your research! Feat Joachim Voth & Stephan Heblich as keynotes! CFP here: mathiasiwanowsky.com/MicroDataEH.pdf

The program for our upcoming annual North American meeting is now online: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea20…. #UEA2024, hosted by Georgetown University, features keynotes by Rebecca Diamond & Gordon Hanson and more than 70 paper sessions. To register, visit editorialexpress.com/conference/uea…

A 10 percent rail access loss due to the 1950–80 Beeching cuts in the UK caused a 3 percent population decline, reducing local jobs, skilled workers, and young people in the most affected areas, from Steve Gibbons, Stephan Heblich, and Edward W. Pinchbeck nber.org/papers/w32800

Using the New World Grain Invasion in the late-19th century to show that geography is an important dimension along which the distributional consequences of trade occur, from Stephan Heblich, @ReddingEcon, and Yanos Zylberberg nber.org/papers/w32958

For the first time in recent memory, housing policy is at the forefront of a U.S. presidential election campaign, reflecting the deep challenges millions of Americans face in finding affordable, stable housing. Some thoughts on the candidates' proposals and beyond.

Don't forget to apply for the Venice Summer Institute 2025: Big Data in Urban Economics. Submission deadline is Feb 9th! cesifo.org/en/event/2025-…

I am proud to share that we just launched a revamped WTO tariff and trade platform, which enhances access to official tariff and trade figures from over 150 economies. See here for more info: wto.org/english/news_e…

🚨 New paper alert: Economists in 🇫🇷 France, 🇨🇦Canada, and 🇬🇧the U.K. just released what looks like a tour-de-force on the economics of artwork. It's big. 🎨📉📈 Here’s what they did. First, they collected and digitized 630,000 paintings dating from the year 1400 to the

Brian Albrecht (Brian Albrecht) consistently offers some of the sharpest takes on basic economics on X. His recent post is a gem: 🔗 economicforces.xyz/p/will-ai-skyr… Brian makes a simple but essential point, one I’ve tried (and failed) to make thousands of times when talking about

Very excited to share that our journey into art history is taking shape. We are exploring how historical events echo through artistic expression.

What share of urban planners have read Order Without Design and what do they think about it? Is it on the standard syllabus?

sweet new data - IPUMS released it's new version of decennial census links. you can now get links across all censuses from IPUMS super easily, and they link to the numident to get maiden names for women.

Opinion: Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning on.ft.com/44sxu1G

Open call for papers, Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century. Conference to be held virtually on October 24, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on September 3, 2025. More information: nber.org/calls-papers-a…

Studying why some cities thrive while others decline finds that early industrial specialization lowers long-run productivity—a dynamic trade-off at the heart of place-based policy, from Stephan Heblich, Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Alex Trew, and Yanos Zylberberg nber.org/papers/w34029

Frontline Union Army captains cut desertions and boosted cohesion through leading by example, earning postwar-wage gains and greater recognition, from Andy Ferrara, Christian Dippel, and Stephan Heblich nber.org/papers/w34057