Matthew E. Kahn
@mattkahn1966.bsky.social
📤 2055
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A nomad economist traveling around Southern California and Manhattan.
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Placemetry and the Economics of Property Risk Reduction Through Insurance Contract Innovation
YouTube video by Matthew Kahn
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6 days ago
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Power couple formation due to AI
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Will Date Drop Create Happy Young Power Couples?
My Wall Street Journal feed supplied some clickbait this morning.
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6 days ago
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The economics of climate adaptation optimism
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Dora and I just published this piece. We are also finishing a new paper on grandparents.
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A Tool To Free Up Military Procurement
“Advance market commitments” would infuse competition, clarity, and savings into the weapons-buying mix.
https://www.hoover.org/research/tool-free-military-procurement
25 days ago
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A contrary view. We aren't passive victims of pollution. If the State retreats, we raise our game.
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Will the Trump Administration’s Environmental Regulation Rollbacks Injure Our Health?
A contrarian view
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26 days ago
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AI in Cities! Placemetry uses street images to measure urban quality of life dynamics.
YouTube video by Matthew Kahn
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27 days ago
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What is the Value of Home Specific Climate Risk Report Cards?
Are future disaster risks an important determinant of the value of your home?
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28 days ago
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U.S Electric Utility Coal Consumption Trends in Red States and Blue States
The EIA provides annual data for U.S states listing their electric utility’s coal consumption.
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about 1 month ago
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A Housing Policy Proposal to Transform Vultures (Private Equity) Into Eagles (Equity Partners) in Altadena - Los Angeles Sentinel
California Governor Gavin Newsom didn't mince words when he labeled private equity firms swooping into fire-ravaged Los Angeles neighborhoods as "vultures." These investors, he argued, were preying o...
https://lasentinel.net/a-housing-policy-proposal-to-transform-vultures-private-equity-into-eagles-equity-partners-in-altadena.html
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A Win-Win Idea for Transforming Burned Neighborhoods
Maligned as “vultures,” private equity investors could instead partner with homeowners to rebuild.
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about 1 month ago
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The Economic Implications of Peace Expectations in Eastern Ukraine
When wars end, rebuilding takes place and an economic boom often ensues as the capital stock is rebuilt.
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about 2 months ago
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Matthew E. Kahn
AERE
2 months ago
📢 Just accepted in
#JAERE
! 📢 "Decarbonizing Aviation: Cash-for-Clunkers in the Airline Industry" by Jan K. Brueckner, Matthew E. Kahn (
@mattkahn1966.bsky.social
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My thoughts on incorporating AI in undergrad economics education.
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AI_and_the_Economics_Major_12_3_2025.pdf
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2 months ago
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My thoughts about the public policy proposals from leading household finance scholars.
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_Fixed_ book review by Campbell and Ramadorai.pdf
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2 months ago
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I am circulating my new paper on how AI will improve undergraduate economics education.
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AI_and_the_Economics_Major_12_3_2025.pdf
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3 months ago
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Will AI and Robots Eliminate Poverty?
In a provocative interview, Elon Musk said “AI and robots will eliminate poverty”.
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3 months ago
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Efficiency boosts trust in government.
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Monitoring Public Sector Mega-Projects
What do Boston’s Big Dig project, the California High Speed Rail project, the Los Angeles Purple Line connecting the Pacific Ocean to downtown LA, and Manila, Philippines flood control investment have...
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3 months ago
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Who Protects the Sheep from the Wolves of Wall Street? A Review of “Fixed” by Campbell and Ramadorai (2025)
In the 2025 book Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone, John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai (CR) provide a general audience overview of the main themes of modern hou...
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3 months ago
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A 14 minute discussion about AI, data, jobs, my mother, Robert Redford and selection bias.
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How Does the Rise of AI Impact Young Person's Labor Market Opportunities?
Tonight at USC’s Department of Economics, I will participate in a panel discussion related to the rise of AI and its implications for the Labor Market.
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3 months ago
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A Prospective Analysis of The Trump Administration's New Policy that Expands Access to "Miracle" Weight Loss Drugs
Many applied microeconomists have had successful research careers measuring the intended and unintended consequences of policy changes.
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3 months ago
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Mayor Mamdani's Policies Will Offer a High Stakes Test of the Urban Laffer Curve
I lived in Manhattan from 1968 until 1972 and from 1993 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2000.
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3 months ago
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As the job market begins, I want to highlight a USC economics student who has written a better thesis than my 1993 "classic".
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Sneha Nimmagadda
Email Address:
[email protected]
Phone: +1 (310) 359-5293
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3 months ago
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I am circulating a free copy of my new book about economic shocks.
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Diabetes, Floods and Unemployment .pdf
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4 months ago
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Great to work on this report
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Rethinking Resilience: Adapting to a changing climate
The most consequential climate-policy question for developing economies is how quickly people, firms, and governments can prepare for shocks, recover from them, and learn to do better next time.
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4 months ago
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New (Optimistic) Evidence on Adapting to Snowstorms
In our information age, we have increasing access to real-time local weather forecasts.
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4 months ago
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A Green Vibe Shift?
While Led Zeppelin recorded “The Song Remains the Same”, Bill Gates is now singing a slightly different (optimistic) green tune.
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4 months ago
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Lessons from the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for the Abundance Advocates
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics celebrates Creative Destruction.
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4 months ago
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The Simple Economics of Flood Risk Model Uncertainty and Risk Modeling Progress
Every property in the United States is at risk of flooding.
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4 months ago
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The Economics of Shipping Green Power to U.S Cities versus Chinese Cities
The New York Times has published an insightful article that allows the authors to sketch out the environmental benefits of an authoritarian state (where the CCP can allocate land as it sees fit) and t...
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewekahn/p/the-economics-of-shipping-green-power?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=a9x6y
4 months ago
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Why Does Superstar Caitlin Clark Only Earn $84,000 to Play in the WNBA?
Caitlin Clark is a superstar who earns $84,000 playing professional basketball in the WNBA.
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4 months ago
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The Simple Economics of Shifting Electricity Demand Curves
In this Substack, I build on my recent podcast. I present a simple geometric example to illustrate what economists mean when they discuss calculating the “derived demand” for electricity.
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewekahn/p/the-simple-economics-of-shifting?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=a9x6y
4 months ago
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An Incentive Proposal for Accelerating Tenured Faculty Retirement and Reducing University Budget Deficits
I am deeply worried about the academic job prospects for young Ph.Ds in fields such as economics.
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewekahn/p/an-incentive-proposal-for-accelerating?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=a9x6y
5 months ago
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A 7000 page free book. This is a big file. 150 meg.
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Matthew_E_Kahn_blog_2007-2024.pdf
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5 months ago
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A Coasian Perspective on Improving Urban Public School Education
In urban public education systems across the United States, an achievement gap persists.
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5 months ago
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My mother says that this photo makes me look like a candidate running to be the Governor of Missouri. I hope she agrees with 72% of my points here.
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The Cost of Chronic Disease | The Ripon Society
As of 2023, roughly 194 million American adults had at least one chronic condition, which cost our nation’s economy billions of dollars each year.
https://riponsociety.org/article/the-cost-of-chronic-disease/
6 months ago
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Costa!
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Equality Before the Law in U.S. Civil War Courts-Martial
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34184
6 months ago
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A 9 minute podcast on data centers and AI and power plant geography.
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A Podcast on The Benefits of Co-locating Power Plants Next to Data Centers
The microeconomic perspective on daily events.
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6 months ago
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Do the GSEs=SOEs?
Mortgage Securitization Reform Lessons from China's State Owned Enterprises
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6 months ago
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reposted by
Matthew E. Kahn
Hoover Institution
6 months ago
The Hoover Institution is now accepting applications for the 2026 Hoover Fellows Program. This five-year fellowship offers early-career scholars a platform to pursue research shaping public policy. Learn more and apply here:
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Hoover Fellows Program
A PATH for early-career scholars The Hoover Institution at Stanford University seeks outstanding scholars for positions as a Hoover Fellow. The term of the appointment is five years and may be renewed...
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Prospective Rosy Predictions of the Benefits of Costly Megaprojects Result in the Misallocation of Capital
California’s High Speed Rail project is very costly and highly subsidized by the Federal Government.
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewekahn/p/prospective-rosy-predictions-of-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=a9x6y
6 months ago
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True, false, uncertain. Briefly explain.
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Why Don't Suburban Phoenix Voters Support Raising Carbon Taxes?
Every Monday, the NBER releases its new set of Working Papers.
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6 months ago
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Will the Rise of WFH Increase the Likelihood that Women Work and Have Children?
This Substack will zigzag as I discuss 50 years of economic demography research (focused on the work of Gary Becker and Jacob Mincer) and then I will pivot and discuss my demography research before I ...
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6 months ago
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Has the Rise of Work from Home Reduced the Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Adapting to an Anticipated Challenge
Why is Europe So Slow to Invest in Air Conditioning?
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6 months ago
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A Tasty mantra.
6 months ago
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The Causal Effects of Descriptive Facts
Correlation Causes Causation!
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6 months ago
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My 5 Minute August 2025 Stanford Talk on the Role of Land and Energy Regulations Limiting Economic Growth
In this podcast, I present my very short talk
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6 months ago
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Should Federal Homeownership Subsidies Shrink?
The Federal Government spends billions subsidizing homeownership.
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7 months ago
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