In my 2010 book Climatopolis , I argued that induced innovation, migration, capitalism and competition will allow urbanites all over the wo...
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INFORMATION Two Loans Closed READ HERE
My hard money loans numbers 25 and 26 have been paid off. Both of these loans went the full 1 year term. The borrower has paid off the loa...
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INFORMATION T.M.I? Jeff Sachs' Quest to End Poverty READ HERE
My new book is currently ranked #13 on Amazon's best sellers in the "exclusive" Environmental Economics Category. One book t...
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INFORMATION My Fall 2013 Environmental Economics Class at UCLA READ HERE
As I try to distribute my distinctive "free markets" environmental economics textbook , I'm now giving away the lecture notes ...
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INFORMATION Durable Capital and Progress: The Case of Mumbai's Collapsing Buildings READ HERE
A horrible accident has taken place in Mumbai India as a building has collapsed and many people have died. In the NY Times article I rea...
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INFORMATION Why Should Environmental Scientists Talk to Economists? READ HERE
On Monday, October 7th 2013 I will give a lunch time talk at the UCLA IOE titled "Why Should Environmental Scientists Talk to Economis...
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INFORMATION Public Leaders READ HERE
Have you ever wondered who chooses to become a university dean or to run for public office? Once these folks are in office, how do we set u...
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INFORMATION Robert S. Pindyck's JEL Piece on "Macro" Models of Climate Change Economics READ HERE
The September 2013 issue of the Journal of Economic Literature has a great Glaeser book review of Moretti's New Economic Geography of ...
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INFORMATION The New York Times Doesn't Read My Work READ HERE
In today's New York Times, Keith Bradsher makes some very reasonable points about China's bullet trains. In March 2013, Siqi Zheng...
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INFORMATION Which Economists Free Ride? Evidence from AEA Voting READ HERE
Abstract: Economic theory predicts that people should not vote because they are unlikely to be the pivotal voter and voting takes time and...
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INFORMATION Lifetime Graduate Pay as an Indicator of University Quality READ HERE
UCLA ranks 77th in the nation based on this criteria while UC Berkeley ranks #20 based on mid-career salary data posted here. Our other ri...
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INFORMATION America's Sinking Middle Class? Evidence from the Market for the Time Machine READ HERE
I have broken my 3rd toe on my right foot and this is causing me pain and making it hard for me to walk. Despite this short term setback, I ...
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INFORMATION California's Blue Sky READ HERE
I have returned to California after being in Asia for almost 4 weeks. While Singapore and Hong Kong are both hot and humid, I could certai...
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INFORMATION Hong Kong READ HERE
This is my 4th trip to China. Hong Kong feels like a combination of San Francisco and Manhattan. It has San Francisco's hilly topograph...
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INFORMATION The Capitalization of Green Labels: Evidence from California's Residential Housing Market READ HERE
Regional Science and Urban Economics has published the Kahn and Kok paper estimating hedonic residential real estate models of the price p...
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INFORMATION Proof that Singapore's Straits Times is Better than the NY Times READ HERE
I have always wondered what substances are baked into a Sausage McMuffin. There has been some debate that the "meat" is lizard r...
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INFORMATION My NUS Lectures on Green Real Estate READ HERE
I have uploaded my lectures to YouTube. Yes, the audio isn't great but if you turn up the volume you will hear some wisdom and some j...
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INFORMATION Hong Kong READ HERE
I fly from Singapore to Hong Kong on Sunday morning. I will spend my time at HKUST. Two of my UCLA colleagues ( Rui Wang and Cameron C...
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INFORMATION An Open Letter to Folks who Teach Undergrad Environmental Economics READ HERE
For teachers looking to inject some "new blood" into their tried and true lectures, consider grabbing some of my free short video...
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INFORMATION Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Invests to Become a Green City READ HERE
The Singapore Straits Times is more interesting than the New York Times. Today my Singapore newspaper reports a new investment effort by M...
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INFORMATION Climatopolis 2013 READ HERE
Here is a reasonable new review of my Climatopolis book. Unlike 98% of the inane reviews of my book, this review joins Matt Kotchen's ...
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INFORMATION Public Transit in Leading Asian Cities READ HERE
I have now used public transit in Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore. Tonight I commuted by myself from the city center back to the NUS campus...
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INFORMATION Flood Mitigation: The Case of Singapore READ HERE
There were very heavy rains in Singapore for 2 days last week. Flooding occurred close to NUS. How is the government responding? There is...
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INFORMATION Life at the Singapore Mall READ HERE
How do urbanites cope with hot and humid weather? In the case of Singapore, such people go to the mall. Today, I walked the crowded streets...
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INFORMATION Green Urbanization in Asia Revisited READ HERE
In 2012, I had the opportunity to work with the ADB on a project called Green Urbanization in Asia. Next Wednesday, I'll have the op...
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INFORMATION Increasing Returns to Scale in the Teaching of Environmental Economics READ HERE
NUS Professor Alberto Salvo is doing some exciting research on fuel switching and ambient pollution in Brazil. He is also teaching enviro...
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INFORMATION Intellectual Growth at NUS READ HERE
I am visiting NUS in Singapore to learn new things and to meet and listen to other scholars. In this blog post, I will sketch yesterday. A...
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INFORMATION July 2013 Apartment Update READ HERE
The numbers for July are in and things continue to improve. Occupancy is at 94%, a 2% drop over June , but total income for the month rose ...
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INFORMATION Singapore Embraces Climate Change Adaptation READ HERE
Here is an editorial from today's Singapore's Straits Times. The piece ends on a funny note; The "scientific" notion of ...
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INFORMATION Singapore at Night READ HERE
What happens when economists go out at night in Singapore? Tonight I ran a small sample field experiment as John Ham and I took a river ...
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