Edward Glaeser

Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics
Director,
Taubman Center for State and Local Government
Director,
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Office Address
Taubman-344
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-2150
Fax: 617-496-1722
Email: Edward_Glaeser@ksg.harvard.edu
Edward Glaeser

Profile

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He is Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston. He teaches urban and social economics and microeconomic theory. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He also edits The Quarterly Journal of Economics. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.

 

Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Glaeser, Edward L., Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, and Andrei Shleifer. "Why Does Democracy Need Education?" Journal of Economic Growth 12.2 (June 2007): 77-99.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "State of the City." Wall Street Journal. July 28, 2008.
    • Cohen, Arianne, Edward Glaeser, and Michael Idov. "The Profit Calculator." New York 40.21 (June 11, 2007): 38-49.
  • Op-Eds
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Educating Ourselves about Education." Boston Globe, October 3, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "The Folly of Fixing Energy Price Hikes." Boston Globe, August 1, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Houston, New York has a Problem." New York Sun, July 16, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "The Life of the City." New York Sun, May 14, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Budgeting Based on Results." Boston Globe, May 2, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Taking a Hard Line on Rewriting the Bankruptcy Code." Boston Globe, April 4, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "The Age of Abundance." New York Sun, March 26, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward. "A Level Playing Field for Cities." Boston Globe, February 29, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Politicians, Places, and Bad Policies." Boston Globe, February 1, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "The Case for McCain." New York Sun, January 28, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "What About the Cities?" Boston Globe, January 4, 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Just Part of the Cycle." New York Sun, December 10, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Building a Better Springfield." Boston Globe, December 7, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Violence, Learning, and the Gender Divide." Boston Globe, November 2, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Can Buffalo Ever Come Back?" New York Sun, October 19, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Vilifying Lenders." New York Sun, September 18, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Sensible Solutions to the Lending Mess." Boston Globe, September 7, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "How to Recover." New York Sun, September 4, 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Politics, Biotechnology a Shaky Mix." Boston Globe, May 14, 2007.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Glaeser, Edward L., and Joseph Gyourko. "Arbitrage in Housing Markets." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-017, March 2008.
    • Cutler, David, and Edward L. Glaeser. "Social Interactions and Smoking." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-018, March 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L., and Cass R. Sunstein. "Extremism and Social Learning." NBER, HIER, and HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-004, January 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "The Economic Approach to Cities." NBER, HIER, and HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-003, January 2008.
    • Glaeser, Edward L., and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto. "Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?" NBER, HIER, and HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-002, January 2008.
    • Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. "Social Interactions and Smoking." NBER Working Papers w13477, October 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "Entrepreneurship and the City." NBER Working Papers w13551, October 2007.
    • Cutler, David M., Edward L. Glaeser, and Jacob L. Vigdor. "When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States." NBER Working Papers w13082, May 2007.
    • Cutler, David M., Edward L. Glaeser, and Allison B. Rosen. "Is the U.S. Population Behaving Healthier?" NBER Working Paper Series w13013, April 2007.
    • Kerr, William, Edward L. Glaeser, and Glenn Ellison. "What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns." Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, NBER, and HIER Working Papers (CES-WP-07-13, w13068, and 2133), April 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L., and Bruce Sacerdote. "Aggregation Reversals and the Social Formation of Beliefs." NBER Working Papers w13031, April 2007.
    • Glaeser, Edward L., and Kristina Tobio. "The Rise of the Sunbelt." NBER Working Papers w13071, April 2007.
  • Reviews
    • Glaeser, Edward L. Review of A Companion to Urban Economics, Ed. Richard J. Arnott and Daniel P. McMillen. Journal of Regional Science, 47.5 December 2007: 994-999.
    • Glaeser, Edward L. "The Wealth of One Nation." Review of A Farewell to Arms, by Gregory Clark. New York Sun, September 19, 2007.