Ferdinando Monte

That's a wrap! 200+ presentations of the latest research in urban economics have concluded. Thank you to local organizer @ferdinandomonte, @GeorgetownCBPP, @GUSteersCenter, @Georgetown for their tremendous hosting. #UEA2024 See you in Berlin in March: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/futur…

Thank you all for coming!

Thanks a lot Gabriel @Ahlfeldt for this great public service!

FT about our research on the different post-pandemic responses of American CBDs ft.com/content/35933d… @HansbergRossi, @CharlyPorcher

HCEO member @ferdinandomonte models remote work trends & finds returning to work in central business district offices is back to prepandemic levels in smaller cities but at only 60% in larger ones. With @CharlyPorcher & @HansbergRossi. bit.ly/3rVDeQH

While commuting in large US cities seems to be permanently depressed, it has recovered fully in small cities: a story of coordination and multiple equilibria, from @ferdinandomonte, Charly Porcher, and @HansbergRossi nber.org/papers/w31494

BRIEF: US cell-phone-based mobility data reveal CBD trips in large cities have stabilized at 60% of pre-pandemic levels, with smaller cities returning to pre-pandemic levels. Read more from @ferdinandomonte, @CharlyPorcher, @UChi_Economics' @HansbergRossi:

To all my friends teaching international trade courses, we just released some new figures for your lecture 1. Take a look at the latest edition of our Data Blog, which nicely illustrates the pattern of trade and protection: wto.org/english/blogs_…

@TrebAllen Congratulations Treb! Well done!

Me: I've been promoted to full professor! 5 y/o: Weren't you already a professor? Me: Well, yes. 5 y/o: Oh. Despite of her lack of enthusiasm, a big thank you to all colleagues, co-authors, editors, reviewers, and family and friends who have helped along the way!

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The 1840 Uniform Penny Post in Great Britain made communication cheaper and increased the rate at which scientific knowledge was exchanged and new technologies developed, from W. Walker Hanlon, Stephan Heblich, @ferdinandomonte, and Martin B. Schmitz nber.org/papers/w30076

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17323 A Penny for Your Thoughts W. Walker Hanlon @NUEconomics @NorthwesternU, Stephan Heblich @econuoft @UofT, Ferdinando Monte @ferdinandomonte @msbgu, Martin Schmitz @Schmitz_BoP @ecb ow.ly/SJnc50Jfvya #CEPR_ITRE

Economists should ask *why price elasticities are what they are*, rather than just estimating elasticities. This opens up a large policy space. Good example is @ferdinandomonte @ReddingEcon @HansbergRossi's Commuting & Employment elasticities paper: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Go Hoyas! @HoyasFB @msbgu

@policytensor @TradeDiversion @jessiehandbury Thank you! I believe the data does not follow individuals over time, so it might be possible to do it - but in a somewhat more indirect way.

@ferdinandomonte @TradeDiversion @jessiehandbury Saw your fascinating paper on mobility zones. I was wondering if it is possible to use your data to test the hypothesis that alleged labor shortages are driven by Covid-related migration of workers away from areas of job creation. Does the hypothesis sound plausible and testable?

A really simple use of smartphone data to support discussion on the geographic extent of an economy's #reopening or #lockdown to combat #covid19: bit.ly/3691jEy. Thanks to Couture, Dingel (@TradeDiversion), Green, @jessiehandbury, and Williams for making the data public

A chat with @shellykhagan on commuting bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Grazie a @ferdinandomonte per l’articolo. La ricerca sulla configurazione ottimale della rete dei trasporti sta facendo passi da gigante negli ultimi anni. Ricercatori da tutto il mondo vengono invitati in Cina per parlarne. E noi? Noi niente.

un mio commento sulla #Tav . Grazie a @lavoceinfo per l'ospitalità.

The geography of consumption | ow.ly/PSbp30l0eko | Sumit Agarwal @NUSBizSchool, J. Bradford Jensen @GeorgetownCBPP, Ferdinando Monte @ferdinandomonte