Edward Glaeser

Edward Glaeser, 2011

Edward Ludwig Glaeser (* 1. May 1967 in New York City ) is a US -American economist . He is Professor of Economics at Harvard University .

Life

Edward Glaeser attended the Collegiate School in New York City from 1978 to 1984. He then studied economics at Princeton University ( Bachelor 1988). At the University of Chicago , he received his Ph.D. PhD . He has been a professor at Harvard since 1992. In 1997 he received a scholarship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ). In 2010 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

job

Glaeser's research focus is urban economics . He has published work on urban growth, segregation , crime, and housing and real estate markets . He is particularly interested in the role of geographic proximity in innovation .

Professional activities

Glaeser is co-editor of the prestigious Journal of Urban Economics .

Books

• Chile, Political Economy of Urban Development. (Editor with JR Meyer). Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00254-7 .
• The Governance of Not-For-Profit Organizations. (Editor). University of Chicago Press, 2003, ISBN 0-226-29788-8 .
• Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference. (with A. Alesina). Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-928610-8 .
• Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History. (Editor, with C. Goldin). University of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-29957-0 .
• Cities, Agglomeration and Spatial Equilibrium . Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-929044-4 .
• Rethinking Federal Housing Policy: How to Make Housing Plentiful and Affordable . AEI Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8447-4273-1 .
• Housing Markets and the Economy: Risk, Regulation, and Policy. (with John M. Quigley). Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55844-184-2 .
• Agglomeration Economics . University Of Chicago Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-226-29789-7 .
• Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. The Penguin Press, New York 2011, ISBN 978-1-59420-277-3 .

literature

• Who's Who in America. 66th Edition, Volume 1: A – L. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights 2011, ISBN 978-0-8379-7031-8 (Volume 1), ISBN 978-0-8379-7035-6 (Complete Works ), ISSN  0083-9396 , p. 1617

Web links

• Website by Glaeser at Harvard University
• Edward Glaeser in the catalog of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics (ZBW)
• Molly Lanzarotta: Edward Glaeser on US and European Social Policy. In: Harvard Kennedy School. February 1, 2005, accessed February 20, 2011 (interview). 
• Lecture by Glaeser on Triumph of the City at the LSE on March 14, 2011.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Journal of Urban Economics Editorial Board. journals.elsevier.com, accessed September 28, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Praise to the city. In: FAZ . June 17, 2011, p. 30.