Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part II

This episode is the second in a series based on a forthcoming special issue on Urban Economics and History, to be published in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with multiple authors.

Guests:

Brian Beach is Assistant Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University and Dan Bogart is Professor of Economics at the University of California Irvine.

Robert Margo is Professor of Economics at Boston University.

Alexander Whalley is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business.

Katherine Eriksson is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California Davis and Allison Shertzer is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.

Papers Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Water Infrastructure and Health in U.S. Cities by Brian Beach.

Infrastructure and Institutions: Lessons from History by Dan Bogart.

Industrialization and Urbanization in Nineteenth Century America by Jeremy Atack, Robert Margo, and Paul Rhode.

150 Years of the Geography of Innovation by Michael Andrews and Alexander Whalley.

Immigrants and Cities during the Age of Mass Migration by Katherine Eriksson and Zachary Ward.

Zoning and Segregation in Urban Economic History by Allison Shertzer, Tate Twinam, and Randy Walsh.

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Hosts: Jeff Lin and Greg Shill.

Producer: Schuyler Pals.

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