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I'm an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the Public economics group. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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Tag Archives: Enrico Moretti
How big cities that restrict new housing harm the economy
Here’s an interesting article/interview with Enrico Moretti by Emily Badger.
Growth in Cities and Countries
From Chang-Tai Hsieh and Enrico Moretti: A large micro literature has documented the local forces leading to growth and decline of cities. This paper measures the consequences of these local forces on aggregate output and welfare. We use a Rosen-Roback model of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chang-Tai Hsieh, Economic Growth, Enrico Moretti, Growth, Housing, Housing Policy, Local Labor Markets, Misallocation
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3 Links on Corporate Profits
1. Jim Tankersley writes on Boeing and state corporate tax breaks and profiles my job market paper with Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato on the welfare effects of cutting corporate taxes in an open economy 2. Enrico Moretti on the tech boom and … Continue reading
People, Places and Public Policy: Some Simple Welfare Economics of Local Economic Development Programs
From Pat Kline and Enrico Moretti: Most countries exhibit large and persistent geographical differences in wages, income and unemployment rates. A growing class of “place based” policies attempt to address these differences through public investments and subsidies that target disadvantaged … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrico Moretti, Pat Kline, Place Based Policies, spatial equilibrium, Subsidies, Taxes
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Where the Good Jobs Are—and Why
From Enrico Moretti: The American labor market is recovering from a painful recession. But the recovery is geographically uneven. While some parts of the country are booming, others are still stuck in a deep recession. Two groups of localities have … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrico Moretti, Local Labor Markets, Local Multiplier
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State Incentives for Innovation, Star Scientists and Jobs: Evidence from Biotech
From Enrico Moretti and Dan Wilson: We evaluate the effects of state-provided financial incentives for biotech companies, which are part of a growing trend of placed-based policies designed to spur innovation clusters. We estimate that the adoption of subsidies for biotech … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Taxes, Dan Wilson, Enrico Moretti, Innovation, Jobs, Local Labor Markets, RD, Taxes
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Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies and the Big Push: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
Here’s an interesting paper from Pat Kline and Enrico Moretti on local economic development, agglomeration, and the Big Push. We study the long run effects of one of the most ambitious place based economic development policies in U.S. history: the … Continue reading
Unemployment benefits should encourage geographic mobility
An op-ed from Enrico Moretti: Americans have always been willing to move to look for better economic opportunities, and this willingness to relocate is a big factor in U.S. prosperity. Yet while everyone is free to move to look for … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrico Moretti, Local Labor Markets, mobility, Unemployment Benefits
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Value of Infrastructure: Silicon Prairie Edition
I recently visited the headquarters of Google Fiber, which is a large infrastructure investment google has been rolling out in Kansas City that provides 100x faster internet. The tour guide claimed that home values in the green zone have increased … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrico Moretti, Google Fiber, infrastructure, Michael Greenstone, Richard Hornbeck, spillovers
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Coveting Thy Neighbor’s Manufacturing – Is State Tax Competition A Zero Sum Game?
Many people have been focused on state tax incentives of late. Earlier I posted about some work by Moretti and Greenstone that concludes local subsidies improve residents’ welfare (perhaps partly due to sizable employment spillovers). With that in mind, I wanted … Continue reading
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