Classifying industries as traded or non-traded
This post follows up on my 2018 post, What economic activities are “tradable”?. Since then, I learned a bit more about this literature from Santiago Franco, a UChicago PhD student studying spatial...
View ArticleExact hat algebra concerns comparative statics, not calibration
The phrase “exact hat algebra” is used by trade and spatial economists far more often than it is clearly defined. In “Spatial Economics for Granular Settings” (September 2023), Felix Tintelnot and I...
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Trade JMPs (2023-2024)
For the 14th year running, I’ve gathered a list of trade-related job-market papers. If I’ve missed someone, please contribute to the list in the comments. Here’s a cloud of the words that appear in...
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Spatial economics JMPs (2023-2024)
Here’s a list of job-market candidates whose job-market papers fall within spatial economics, as defined by me quickly skimming webpages. I’m sure I missed folks, so please add them in the comments....
View ArticleThe two notions of amenities in spatial economics
Spatial economists use the word “amenity” in two imperfectly aligned ways. The first refers to place-specific services that are not explicitly transacted and hence do not directly appear in the budget...
View ArticleNotes on Kuala Lumpur
I was in Malaysia this week for a family wedding. Five short observations: The story of Balassa and Samuelson, or at least the Penn effect that it aims to explain, is a reliable guide to relative...
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The surprisingly small decline in trade JMPs
A number of trade economists are worried that PhD students have been losing interest in international trade. One way to measure interest in the field is to tally job-market papers, which I’ve been...
View ArticleLuck along the way
In January 2025, I will join Columbia University as a tenured Associate Professor of Economics. I’m happy to return to my alma mater. Since folks tend to underestimate the role luck plays in career...
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Trade JMPs (2024-2025)
For the 15th year running, I’ve gathered a list of trade-related job-market papers. If I’ve missed someone, please contribute to the list in the comments. Here’s a cloud of the words that appear in...
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Spatial economics JMPs (2024-2025)
Here’s a list of job-market candidates whose job-market papers fall within spatial economics, as defined by me quickly skimming webpages and 24 candidates who responded on Twitter. I’m sure I missed...
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