Matthew Turner is a Professor of Economics at Brown University. He regularly teaches courses in urban and environmental economics, and occasionally, microeconomic theory. He is broadly interested in environmental and urban policy.

Matthew A. Turner† and David N. Weil‡ November 2024 Abstract: Cities are often described as engines of economic growth. We assess this statement quantitatively. We focus on two mechanisms: a static agglomeration effect that makes production in bigger cities more efficient; and a dynamic effect whereby

Matthew Turner Professor Department of Economics Box B Brown University Providence, RI 02912 matthew_turner@brown.edu: Office hours; Teaching. Economics of Climate Change (EC1340) Urban Economics (EC1410) Graduate Urban Economics (EC2410) Road Economics, online lecture, Kyiv School of Economics, April 3, 2024

Professor Matthew Turner Department of Economics Brown University: Course description and requirements; Course CANVAS page; Office hours: ... Turner, Haughwout and van der Klaauw, Econometrica , 2014. 3. Bid-rent ilustrated: Moncentric city …

M. Gonzalez-Navarro, M.A. Turner Journal of Urban Economics 108 (2018) 85–106 subway projects should rely less on the ability of subways to promote growth and more on the demand for mobility.

nomics (e.g.,Allen and Arkolakis,2014;Duranton and Turner,2012) investigates the benefits of highway networks, there is less systematic evidence on the cost of maintaining and building them.

Matt Turner University of Toronto This paper uses data for eight manufacturing industries in 1970 and 1987 to test for and characterize dynamic production externalities in cities. We find evidence of both MAR externalities, which are associ- ated with past own industry employment concentration, and Jacobs

Matthew A. Turner Brown University Spring 2025 Course objectives and requirements: This course is intended to train you to do research at the frontier of urban economics. The course work is organized around two complementary objectives. The first is familiarizing you with the

Adaptation to Climate Change in Preindustrial Iceland, Turner et al, AER, 2012. The economic effects of long-term climate change: evidence from the little ice age, Waldinger, JPE 2022. We'll cover these if we end up ahead of schedule:

Matt Turner When you write up your answers, your goals should be to (1) be correct, and (2) convince your reader that your answer is correct. It is always helpful if your work is legible and if all steps are presented, possibly with a line of explanation. Answers that do not achieve these goals will not be awarded full credit. 100 points are ...