Cost Over-Runs in Infrastructure Projects
13 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, Public Choice, survivor principle, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics Tags: megaprojects
Matthew E. Kahn discusses his new book Going Remote
04 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
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Zero road deaths goal avoid accountability for failing to achieve more realistic goals
23 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics Tags: road safety, The fatal conceit, virtue signalling

Why Sweden Is Moving Its Northernmost Town 2 Miles East
12 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
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Why megaproject cost overruns?
28 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in economic history, industrial organisation, public economics, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics Tags: megaprojects
The Real Reason NYC Is Always Covered In Scaffolding
19 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, property rights, urban economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
Land supply is everything to housing affordability
17 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
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Bugger all take the bus or train
20 Dec 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics, urban economics
The Thames Barrier must never fail. Here’s why it doesn’t.
20 Dec 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of natural disasters, transport economics, urban economics Tags: London
The Loophole Behind NYC’s Skinny Skyscrapers – Cheddar Explains
12 Dec 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, Public Choice, urban economics Tags: zoning
The architecture trend dividing London’s elites
27 Nov 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, environmental economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: land supply, zoning
Edward Glaeser on Survival of the City
01 Nov 2021 Leave a comment
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The great cost of NIMBYism
31 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning

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