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Glaeser, Edward L.; Gyourko, Joseph E. - 2015

Urban economists understand housing prices with a spatial equilibrium approach that assumes people must be indifferent across locations. Since the spatial no arbitrage condition is inherently imprecise, other economists have turned to different no arbitrage conditions, such as the prediction...

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Cities, Skills, and Regional Change

Glaeser, Edward L.; Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M.; Tobio, Kristina - 2015

One approach to urban areas emphasizes the existence of certain immutable relationships, such as Zipf's or Gibrat's Law. An alternative view is that urban change reflects individual responses to changing tastes or technologies. This paper examines almost 200 years of regional change in the U.S....

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What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

Ellison, Glenn; Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R. - 2015

Many industries are geographically concentrated. Many mechanisms that could account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of coagglomeration and use...

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Urban Inequality

Glaeser, Edward L.; Resseger, Matthew; Tobio, Kristina - 2014

What impact does inequality have on metropolitan areas? Crime rates are higher in places with more inequality, and people in unequal cities are more likely to say that they are unhappy. There is also a negative association between local inequality and the growth of both income and population,...

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Extremism and Social Learning

Glaeser, Edward L.; Sunstein, Cass R. - 2014

When members of deliberating groups speak with one another, their predeliberation tendencies often become exacerbated as their views become more extreme. The resulting phenomenon - group polarization - has been observed in many settings, and it bears on the actions of juries, administrative...

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Urban Resurgence and the Consumer City

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2014

Cities make it easier for humans to interact, and one of the main advantages of dense, urban areas is that they facilitate social interactions. This paper provides evidence suggesting that the resurgence of big cities in the 1990s is due, in part, to the increased demand for these interactions...

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The Greenness of Cities : Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kahn, Matthew E. - 2013

Carbon dioxide emissions may create significant social harm because of global warming, yet American urban development tends to be in low density areas with very hot summers. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the carbon dioxide emissions associated with new construction in different locations...

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The Economics of Place-Making Policies

Glaeser, Edward L.; Gottlieb, Joshua D. - 2008

Should the national government undertake policies aimed at strengthening the economies of particular localities or regions? Agglomeration economies and human capital spillovers suggest that such policies could enhance welfare. However, the mere existence of agglomeration externalities does not...

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Social Interactions and Smoking

Cutler, David M.; Glaeser, Edward L. - 2008

Are individuals more likely to smoke when they are surrounded by smokers? In this paper, we examine the evidence for peer effects in smoking. We address the endogeneity of peers by looking at the impact of workplace smoking bans on spousal and peer group smoking. Using these bans as an...

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When are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States

Glaeser, Edward L.; Cutler, David M.; Vigdor, Jacob L. - 2008

Recent studies provide conflicting evidence on the connection between ethnic or racial neighborhood segregation and outcomes. Some studies find that residence in an enclave is beneficial, some reach the opposite conclusion, and still others imply that any relationship is small. One hypothesis is...

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