Shops and the City: Evidence on Local Externalities and Local Government Policy from Big-Box Bankruptcies
We report three findings.
Research
Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform: Experiences from East Asia
Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike.
Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
Data from digital platforms have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by predicting gentrification and by characterizing the local economy of gentrifying neighborhoods.
How Baseball Will Survive in the Age of Distraction
When avid fans describe their love of baseball — and here I include myself, as well as Susan Jacoby, the author of “Why Baseball Matters” — we do so with a kind of reverence that, while wholly sincere
Cities on a Hill?
For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of policy innovation and democratic deepening.
Restoring the American Dream: What Would It Take to Dramatically Increase Mobility from Poverty?
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and staffed and supported by the Urban Institute, the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty was tasked with answering one big, bold question: What W
The Economic Implications of Housing Supply
In this essay, we review the basic economics of housing supply and the functioning of US housing markets to better understand the distribution of home prices, household wealth, and the spatial distrib
Off-Cycle and Out of Office: Election Timing and the Incumbency Advantage
Democratic accountability relies on the ability of citizens to reward and punish politicians in elections.
Land Use Regulations and Fertility Rates
Previous literature has shown that land use regulations influence where people choose to live within the United States by impacting housing prices.
Big Data and Big Cities: the Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life
New, 'big data' sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome variables at higher collection frequencies and more granular geographic scales than ever before.
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