Amine Ouazad
@amineouazad.bsky.social
Prof HEC Montreal 🇨🇦. Trained in 🇫🇷 🇬🇧. Urban and Real Estate economist / Professorship de recherche en économie urbaine et immobilière. Cited NYT, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg. #Econsky
GitHub 👉 https://github.com/aouazad/
Website 👉 https://www.ouazad.com
GitHub 👉 https://github.com/aouazad/
Website 👉 https://www.ouazad.com
Ed Glaeser would approve the creation of universities in the North. Economic development in the 21st Century is more about human capital than about commodity extraction, as Ed Glaeser illustrates with the example of Pittsburgh.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Ed Glaeser would approve the creation of universities in the North. Economic development in the 21st Century is more about human capital than about commodity extraction, as Ed Glaeser illustrates with the example of Pittsburgh.
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The agglomeration elasticity may be larger than widely believed (if we account for capitalization in commercial floor space prices). And the first micro-geographic commercial rent index for Germany!!! 😎 @bsoeberlin.bsky.social DP: opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/f... Data: github.com/Ahlfeldt/AHS...
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The agglomeration elasticity may be larger than widely believed (if we account for capitalization in commercial floor space prices). And the first micro-geographic commercial rent index for Germany!!! 😎 @bsoeberlin.bsky.social DP: opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/f... Data: github.com/Ahlfeldt/AHS...
Evolution of inclusionary zoning policies in Montreal.
Discussion in the industry suggests that the 20-20-20 regulation was mostly a tax and had a marginal impact on the supply of affordable housing.
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Discussion in the industry suggests that the 20-20-20 regulation was mostly a tax and had a marginal impact on the supply of affordable housing.
www.lesaffaires.com/mes-finances...
Moins de coercition et plus de chantiers à Montréal
EXPERT INVITÉ. La fin du
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Evolution of inclusionary zoning policies in Montreal.
Discussion in the industry suggests that the 20-20-20 regulation was mostly a tax and had a marginal impact on the supply of affordable housing.
www.lesaffaires.com/mes-finances...
Discussion in the industry suggests that the 20-20-20 regulation was mostly a tax and had a marginal impact on the supply of affordable housing.
www.lesaffaires.com/mes-finances...
www.aeaweb.org/research/du-... W.E.B. Du Bois and the history of marginalism
Daniel Kuehn discusses key insights in marginalist wage theory developed by W. E. B. Du Bois when he was a Harvard graduate student.
Daniel Kuehn discusses key insights in marginalist wage theory developed by W. E. B. Du Bois when he was a Harvard graduate student.
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
www.aeaweb.org/research/du-... W.E.B. Du Bois and the history of marginalism
Daniel Kuehn discusses key insights in marginalist wage theory developed by W. E. B. Du Bois when he was a Harvard graduate student.
Daniel Kuehn discusses key insights in marginalist wage theory developed by W. E. B. Du Bois when he was a Harvard graduate student.
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📢 #CallForPapers 15th Energy & Climate Economics #Conference
📍@tse-fr.eu | 📆4-5 June
Submissions on any aspect of the economics of energy and climate change are invited.
Deadline: 28 February
Organisers: @ambec.bsky.social & Mathias Reynaert
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#EconSky #EconConf
📍@tse-fr.eu | 📆4-5 June
Submissions on any aspect of the economics of energy and climate change are invited.
Deadline: 28 February
Organisers: @ambec.bsky.social & Mathias Reynaert
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#EconSky #EconConf
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
📢 #CallForPapers 15th Energy & Climate Economics #Conference
📍@tse-fr.eu | 📆4-5 June
Submissions on any aspect of the economics of energy and climate change are invited.
Deadline: 28 February
Organisers: @ambec.bsky.social & Mathias Reynaert
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#EconSky #EconConf
📍@tse-fr.eu | 📆4-5 June
Submissions on any aspect of the economics of energy and climate change are invited.
Deadline: 28 February
Organisers: @ambec.bsky.social & Mathias Reynaert
cepr.org/events/tse-e...
#EconSky #EconConf
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incredible stonewalling by Wolfram's assistant here lmao, good show
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
incredible stonewalling by Wolfram's assistant here lmao, good show
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🏙️ Is “good #architecture” just aesthetics – or real #economic value?
👥 A new #paper by @ahlfeldt.bsky.social, E. Pietrostefani, and A. Zhang shows how distinctive design can raise prices not only for one building, but also for its neighbourhood.
📑 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
👥 A new #paper by @ahlfeldt.bsky.social, E. Pietrostefani, and A. Zhang shows how distinctive design can raise prices not only for one building, but also for its neighbourhood.
📑 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 AM
🏙️ Is “good #architecture” just aesthetics – or real #economic value?
👥 A new #paper by @ahlfeldt.bsky.social, E. Pietrostefani, and A. Zhang shows how distinctive design can raise prices not only for one building, but also for its neighbourhood.
📑 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
👥 A new #paper by @ahlfeldt.bsky.social, E. Pietrostefani, and A. Zhang shows how distinctive design can raise prices not only for one building, but also for its neighbourhood.
📑 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
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ICYMI with a quick screenshot as sales pitch. Simply feed your estimation a bunch of .parquet files on disk and run it as normal.
This example takes 180m rows of NYC taxi data and computes the model in < 1 second.
On a laptop.
This example takes 180m rows of NYC taxi data and computes the model in < 1 second.
On a laptop.
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ICYMI with a quick screenshot as sales pitch. Simply feed your estimation a bunch of .parquet files on disk and run it as normal.
This example takes 180m rows of NYC taxi data and computes the model in < 1 second.
On a laptop.
This example takes 180m rows of NYC taxi data and computes the model in < 1 second.
On a laptop.
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Of potential interest to UEA members:
Call for Papers – IEB 8th Workshop on Urban Economics
Barcelona, June 17–18, 2026
Keynotes: Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Lu Han
Submission deadline: March 15, 2026
Details: ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/u...
Call for Papers – IEB 8th Workshop on Urban Economics
Barcelona, June 17–18, 2026
Keynotes: Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Lu Han
Submission deadline: March 15, 2026
Details: ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/u...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Of potential interest to UEA members:
Call for Papers – IEB 8th Workshop on Urban Economics
Barcelona, June 17–18, 2026
Keynotes: Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Lu Han
Submission deadline: March 15, 2026
Details: ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/u...
Call for Papers – IEB 8th Workshop on Urban Economics
Barcelona, June 17–18, 2026
Keynotes: Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Lu Han
Submission deadline: March 15, 2026
Details: ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/u...
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463 “gentle density” homes proposed for 1.76 hectare Barnet brownfield site, which 50% being family sized 3/4/5 bedroom homes.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
463 “gentle density” homes proposed for 1.76 hectare Barnet brownfield site, which 50% being family sized 3/4/5 bedroom homes.
constructing-london.com/stoney-wood-...
constructing-london.com/stoney-wood-...
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Former Fed chairs and Treasury secretaries put out a statement on Monday defending Powell after the Justice Department opened up a criminal investigation of the chair, likening the move to what happens in emerging markets jointstatement.substack.com/p/statement-...
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Former Fed chairs and Treasury secretaries put out a statement on Monday defending Powell after the Justice Department opened up a criminal investigation of the chair, likening the move to what happens in emerging markets jointstatement.substack.com/p/statement-...
God, this is unprecedented. The U.S.'s key financial institutions will be deeply harmed by this process.
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
God, this is unprecedented. The U.S.'s key financial institutions will be deeply harmed by this process.
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JUST RELEASED TODAY: North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press)(Discount Code AUFLY30 for 30% or just email me for a copy) global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press, 2025)
YouTube video by Jesse M. Keenan
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December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
JUST RELEASED TODAY: North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press)(Discount Code AUFLY30 for 30% or just email me for a copy) global.oup.com/academic/pro...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buo2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buo2...
Idea for economists. My brother played the musical part of an academic medical conference. Why not a jazz concert to distract us from difference-in-differences.
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Conférence "En médecine, éthique et décisions ? » d'Emmanuelle RIAL-SEBBAG
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December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Idea for economists. My brother played the musical part of an academic medical conference. Why not a jazz concert to distract us from difference-in-differences.
youtu.be/B7x5PHsFaPc?...
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A high-quality real estate conference coming up.
Baruch-NUS Real Estate Conference, in New York City this time, from April 22 to 24th.
Submission deadline: January 30.
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Baruch-NUS Real Estate Conference, in New York City this time, from April 22 to 24th.
Submission deadline: January 30.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A high-quality real estate conference coming up.
Baruch-NUS Real Estate Conference, in New York City this time, from April 22 to 24th.
Submission deadline: January 30.
sites.google.com/view/baruch-...
Baruch-NUS Real Estate Conference, in New York City this time, from April 22 to 24th.
Submission deadline: January 30.
sites.google.com/view/baruch-...
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Thrilled to be a co-recipient of the UEA Student Prize in Montréal! Thanks to @ahlfeldt.bsky.social, @christianhilber.bsky.social, G&E faculty, and the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social organisers. My JMP explores the impacts of London's Protected Vistas on heights, prices, and welfare (new draft soon!)
Congratulations to Andrea Herrera @aaherrerab.bsky.social (LSE) & Zane Kashner @zkashner.bsky.social (Stanford), who shared the student prize at our North American #UEA2025 meeting in Montréal.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/awa...
Read their papers: aaherrerab.github.io & www.zanekashner.com
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/awa...
Read their papers: aaherrerab.github.io & www.zanekashner.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thrilled to be a co-recipient of the UEA Student Prize in Montréal! Thanks to @ahlfeldt.bsky.social, @christianhilber.bsky.social, G&E faculty, and the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social organisers. My JMP explores the impacts of London's Protected Vistas on heights, prices, and welfare (new draft soon!)
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📣 Call for papers 📣
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
UEA 2026 Barcelona
urbaneconomics.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📣 Call for papers 📣
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
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What a fabulous 2025 @bsoeberlin.bsky.social www.bqse.de seminar season it has been! Thanks to all the co-organizers, our manager @immanuelfeld.bsky.social , all speakers, guests, and locals! You have been a fantastic spatial community! sites.google.com/view/bqse/bq...
July 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What a fabulous 2025 @bsoeberlin.bsky.social www.bqse.de seminar season it has been! Thanks to all the co-organizers, our manager @immanuelfeld.bsky.social , all speakers, guests, and locals! You have been a fantastic spatial community! sites.google.com/view/bqse/bq...
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Quebec has significantly better housing outcomes than the rest of Canada. Language barriers might have helped Quebec not to “learn” from anglophone Canada 👍, but also prevent the rest of Canada from learning from Quebec 👎.
Nice to see an English language take on housing from the Quebec perspective!
Nice to see an English language take on housing from the Quebec perspective!
I wish there was a way to convey how much of a big deal this is to me, I wish you could feel it.
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
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(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Opening Doors | Publications | Carrefour Vivre en Ville
Consultez notre publication « Opening Doors ». Carrefour Vivre en Ville
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October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Quebec has significantly better housing outcomes than the rest of Canada. Language barriers might have helped Quebec not to “learn” from anglophone Canada 👍, but also prevent the rest of Canada from learning from Quebec 👎.
Nice to see an English language take on housing from the Quebec perspective!
Nice to see an English language take on housing from the Quebec perspective!
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Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
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Wharton’s real estate department is hiring pre-docs!
Please send your amazing undergrads our way and reach out with any questions! #Econsky
Please send your amazing undergrads our way and reach out with any questions! #Econsky
🚨 undergrads and masters students interested in careers in applied econ research:
My department is recruiting 4-5 full-time RAs to start summer 2026. See the announcement here for more details: jessiehandbury.com/misc/RAflyer...
A few reasons you should apply...
My department is recruiting 4-5 full-time RAs to start summer 2026. See the announcement here for more details: jessiehandbury.com/misc/RAflyer...
A few reasons you should apply...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wharton’s real estate department is hiring pre-docs!
Please send your amazing undergrads our way and reach out with any questions! #Econsky
Please send your amazing undergrads our way and reach out with any questions! #Econsky
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The CEPR European Conference on Household Finance 2025 began in Stockholm this afternoon with welcome addresses by Paolo Sodini and @haliassos.bsky.social. Three keynote presentations will follow by Michael Greenstone, Caroline Flammer, and @haliassos.bsky.social.
#EconSky
#EconSky
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The CEPR European Conference on Household Finance 2025 began in Stockholm this afternoon with welcome addresses by Paolo Sodini and @haliassos.bsky.social. Three keynote presentations will follow by Michael Greenstone, Caroline Flammer, and @haliassos.bsky.social.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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"The Local Economic Impact of Natural Disasters" by Brigitte Roth Tran ( @brothtran.bsky.social ) and Daniel J. Wilson was just accepted at #JAERE.
Read more here: buff.ly/17d9yEe
Read more here: buff.ly/17d9yEe
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"The Local Economic Impact of Natural Disasters" by Brigitte Roth Tran ( @brothtran.bsky.social ) and Daniel J. Wilson was just accepted at #JAERE.
Read more here: buff.ly/17d9yEe
Read more here: buff.ly/17d9yEe