Political Leadership and the Urban Poor
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "unplanned settlements" in the National Capital Region of Delhi,
Research
Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co- Evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social composition of neighborhoods.
Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups? A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment Showing That They Are.
Ballot initiatives are consequential and common, with total spending on initiative campaigns in the US rivaling that of Presidential campaigns.
London: A Multi-Century Struggle for Sustainable Development in an Urban Environment
In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the City of London and its hinterlands.
Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India
A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.
They Can Take It If They Want It
What limits should be placed on the public power to take private property? Ten years ago, when the Supreme Court heard the case of Kelo v.
An Extrapolative Model of House Price Dynamics
A modest approximation by homebuyers leads house prices to display three features that are present in the data but usually missing from perfectly rational models: momentum at one-year horizons, mean r
The Fire This Time
Regulatory Review for the States
Sensible regulatory requirements can reduce illnesses and accidents, protect the environment, and maintain quality of life.
Shops and the City: Evidence on Local Externalities and Local Government Policy from Big Box Bankruptcies
Large retailers have significant positive spillovers on nearby businesses, and both private and public mechanisms exist to attract them.
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