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Matthew E. Kahn
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A nomad economist traveling around Southern California and Manhattan.
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Power couple formation due to AI
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Will Date Drop Create Happy Young Power Couples?
My Wall Street Journal feed supplied some clickbait this morning.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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The economics of climate adaptation optimism osf.io/preprints/so...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Dora and I just published this piece. We are also finishing a new paper on grandparents.

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A Tool To Free Up Military Procurement
“Advance market commitments” would infuse competition, clarity, and savings into the weapons-buying mix.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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A contrary view. We aren't passive victims of pollution. If the State retreats, we raise our game.
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Will the Trump Administration’s Environmental Regulation Rollbacks Injure Our Health?
A contrarian view
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January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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AI in Cities! Placemetry uses street images to measure urban quality of life dynamics.
YouTube video by Matthew Kahn
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January 21, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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What is the Value of Home Specific Climate Risk Report Cards?
Are future disaster risks an important determinant of the value of your home?
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January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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U.S Electric Utility Coal Consumption Trends in Red States and Blue States
The EIA provides annual data for U.S states listing their electric utility’s coal consumption.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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A Housing Policy Proposal to Transform Vultures (Private Equity) Into Eagles (Equity Partners) in Altadena  - Los Angeles Sentinel
California Governor Gavin Newsom didn't mince words when he labeled private equity firms swooping into fire-ravaged Los Angeles neighborhoods as "vultures."  These investors, he argued, were preying o...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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A Win-Win Idea for Transforming Burned Neighborhoods
Maligned as “vultures,” private equity investors could instead partner with homeowners to rebuild.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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The Economic Implications of Peace Expectations in Eastern Ukraine
When wars end, rebuilding takes place and an economic boom often ensues as the capital stock is rebuilt.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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📢 Just accepted in #JAERE! 📢
"Decarbonizing Aviation: Cash-for-Clunkers in the Airline Industry" by Jan K. Brueckner, Matthew E. Kahn ( @mattkahn1966.bsky.social ), and Jerry Nickelsburg.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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My thoughts on incorporating AI in undergrad economics education.
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AI_and_the_Economics_Major_12_3_2025.pdf
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December 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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My thoughts about the public policy proposals from leading household finance scholars.
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_Fixed_ book review by Campbell and Ramadorai.pdf
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December 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I am circulating my new paper on how AI will improve undergraduate economics education.
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AI_and_the_Economics_Major_12_3_2025.pdf
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December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Will AI and Robots Eliminate Poverty?
In a provocative interview, Elon Musk said “AI and robots will eliminate poverty”.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Efficiency boosts trust in government.
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Monitoring Public Sector Mega-Projects
What do Boston’s Big Dig project, the California High Speed Rail project, the Los Angeles Purple Line connecting the Pacific Ocean to downtown LA, and Manila, Philippines flood control investment have...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Who Protects the Sheep from the Wolves of Wall Street? A Review of “Fixed” by Campbell and Ramadorai (2025)
In the 2025 book Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone, John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai (CR) provide a general audience overview of the main themes of modern hou...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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A 14 minute discussion about AI, data, jobs, my mother, Robert Redford and selection bias.
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How Does the Rise of AI Impact Young Person's Labor Market Opportunities?
Tonight at USC’s Department of Economics, I will participate in a panel discussion related to the rise of AI and its implications for the Labor Market.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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A Prospective Analysis of The Trump Administration's New Policy that Expands Access to "Miracle" Weight Loss Drugs
Many applied microeconomists have had successful research careers measuring the intended and unintended consequences of policy changes.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Mayor Mamdani's Policies Will Offer a High Stakes Test of the Urban Laffer Curve
I lived in Manhattan from 1968 until 1972 and from 1993 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2000.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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As the job market begins, I want to highlight a USC economics student who has written a better thesis than my 1993 "classic".
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Sneha Nimmagadda
Email Address: snimmaga@usc.edu Phone: +1 (310) 359-5293
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November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I am circulating a free copy of my new book about economic shocks.
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Diabetes, Floods and Unemployment .pdf
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November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Great to work on this report
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Rethinking Resilience: Adapting to a changing climate
The most consequential climate-policy question for developing economies is how quickly people, firms, and governments can prepare for shocks, recover from them, and learn to do better next time.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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New (Optimistic) Evidence on Adapting to Snowstorms
In our information age, we have increasing access to real-time local weather forecasts.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM