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Stephen Redding
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Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Stanford University

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Stephen Redding is a British-American economist. His research interests include international trade, economic geography, urban economics, transportation economics and productivity growth. Recent work has been concerned with firm heterogeneity and international trade, multi-product firms, the distributional consequences of globalization, agglomeration forces, and transport infrastructure improvements. .. more

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 1d
New research from Huang, Benny Kleinman Liu & Stephen Redding (CEP) for VoxEU shows that China’s and Japan’s productivity booms reduced the US share of global GDP — but raised US welfare.

Read more: https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/accommodating-emerging-giants-global-economy
Accommodating emerging giants in the global economy
History provides many examples of large changes in the relative economic size of nations. This column examines the impact of rapid economic growth in emerging economies on the income and welfare of other nations and the mechanisms through which these effects occur. The authors find that rapid growth in Chinese productivity from 1960 to 2020, and in Japanese productivity in the eary decades of the sample period, contributed to a decline in the US share of global GDP, but raised US welfare through reductions in consumer prices and the cost of living. The findings highlight that changes in...
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 1d
Submission link for the NBER International Trade and Investment Spring meeting (submission deadline January 23): conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
Submission: International Trade and Investment Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · 12d
Look back at lists of articles published in 2024 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...) 2023 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2022 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2021 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2020 (bsky.app/profile/dieg...), 2019 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...) & 2018 (x.com/ProfDiegoPug...)
diegopuga.org Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · Dec 27
These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2024 (continues a tradition started in 2018, order is alphabetical by first author, no ranking implied):

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Diego Puga @diegopuga.org · 12d
i) Miyauchi, Nakajima & @reddingecon.bsky.social, @qjeharvard.bsky.social. Tokyo smartphone data reveal trip chaining as central to urban mobility. Consumption externalities link locations, shaping agglomeration, work-from-home impacts, and returns to transport investment doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data*
ABSTRACT. We develop a tractable quantitative framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data. We show that travel
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NBER @nber.org · Dec 9
Reductions in worldwide trade frictions over the period from 1960 to 2020 reduced the share of the United States in global GDP but raised its aggregate welfare, from Zhuokai Huang, Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu, and @reddingecon.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34530

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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Nov 20
Check out Eugenia’s brilliant paper on superstar firms and specialized skills! An important contribution to our understanding of growth and innovation in the technology sector.
eumena.bsky.social Eugenia Menaguale @eumena.bsky.social · Nov 6
💡 Why would a firm spend millions teaching workers it doesn’t even employ?
From open-sourcing to free certifications, superstar firms often train the workforce of their customers.
My JMP explains why. 🧵👇 1/n

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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Nov 20
Check out Yuyang’s terrific job market paper on evaluating the U.S. Interstate Highway Network in spatial equilibrium with decentralized strategic investments by state planners. A major advance in the knowledge frontier.
itsyuyangj.bsky.social Yuyang Jiang @itsyuyangj.bsky.social · Nov 19
Excited to share my JMP “Strategic Transportation Investment and Coordinative Policies: Evidence from the U.S. Highway Network.” I show that limited cooperation across states leaves the U.S. highway network underbuilt and misallocated. I explain factors that drive these distortions. Link below.

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Yuyang Jiang @itsyuyangj.bsky.social · Nov 19
Excited to share my JMP “Strategic Transportation Investment and Coordinative Policies: Evidence from the U.S. Highway Network.” I show that limited cooperation across states leaves the U.S. highway network underbuilt and misallocated. I explain factors that drive these distortions. Link below.

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Nov 16
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Graduate and Early Career Fellowships, Fiscal and Economic Effects of Innovation and Productivity Policies
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Eugenia Menaguale @eumena.bsky.social · Nov 6
💡 Why would a firm spend millions teaching workers it doesn’t even employ?
From open-sourcing to free certifications, superstar firms often train the workforce of their customers.
My JMP explains why. 🧵👇 1/n

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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Oct 21
Excited about Friday’s upcoming NBER Conference on the economics of transportation in the 21st century: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Many important issues surrounding automation in transport sector. Tune in on NBER YouTube open to all: youtube.com/@nbervideos?... @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social
Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Fall 2025
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Oct 18
Join us online today for the NBER - Sloan Transportation and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity Conference: www.nber.org/conferences/.... On the NBER YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@nbervideos?...
Transportation Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity, Fall 2025
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Oct 12
#QJE Nov 2025, #1, “The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data,” by Miyauchi, Nakajima, and Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data*
ABSTRACT. We develop a tractable quantitative framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data. We show that travel
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Sep 17
Excited to see the new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (Volume 6), edited jointly with Dave Donaldson come out: www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han.... Fantastic set of chapters on recent advances and pointing the way to exciting further research @treballen.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | Volume 6, Issue 1: Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Aug 11
Excited to see this paper coming out. We develop a tractable framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data, including travel itineraries and the resulting consumption externalities between locations
qjeharvard.bsky.social The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Aug 10
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data,” by Miyauchi, Nakajima, and Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Aug 10
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data,” by Miyauchi, Nakajima, and Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Pending Publication
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Aug 10
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment,” by Tim de Silva (@timdesilva.me): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment*
Abstract. Student loans with income-contingent repayment insure borrowers against income risk but can reduce their incentives to earn more. Using a change
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The Economist @economist.com · Jul 27
Economists are combining modern tools and old ideas to make sense of today’s trade war. It is a good time to revive Albert Hirschman’s work
What economics can teach foreign-policy types
Hegemons should care about even puny countries
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Jul 16
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Jul 16
Call for submissions for the NBER International Trade and Investment Program Meeting on November 21-22, 2025, at Stanford: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b.... Submission deadline 11.59pm ET on Monday September 15, 2025.
Submission: International Trade and Investment Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Jul 16
Call for Papers for NBER Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century Virtual Conference, October 24, 2024, organized with Ed Glaeser and Jim Poterba: stephenredding.github.io/Call_for_Pap.... Submission Deadline Weds Sept 3, 11.59 ET. @nber.org @siepr.bsky.social @treballen.bsky.social
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NBER @nber.org · Jul 4
Open call for papers, Gender in the Economy: Structural Transformation and Women's Time-Use. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on March 27, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on Decem... https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/gender-economy-structural-transformation-and-womens-time-use

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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · Jun 10
Don’t forget to submit your papers for this NBER-Sloan conference on Transport Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity! Submission deadline June 30, 2025. Organized with Myrto Kalouptsidi: stephenredding.github.io/Call_for_Pap... @nber.org @harvard.edu @sloanfoundation.bsky.social
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · May 29
#CallforPapers for the conference 'The New Global Economy: Trade Wars & De-dollarisation?'
Deadline: 1 July
Organisers: @meredith-crowley.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social , Lu Han @bankofcanada.ca, Dmitry Mukhin , Ben Tomlin @bankofcanada.ca

More and submit your paper
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · May 4
Many congratulations!

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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · May 3
Call for papers for NBER-Sloan conference on Transport Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: www.princeton.edu/~reddings/Ca... Deadline: June 30, 2025. Organized with Myrto Kalouptsidi. @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social @jintlecon.bsky.social @indorgsociety.bsky.social
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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · May 2
Excited about the NBER Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century Conference on Friday starting at noon Eastern time: www.nber.org/conferences/.... Live streamed on NBER YouTube: m.youtube.com/channel/UC79...
Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century, Spring 2025
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Raffaella Sadun @raffasadun.bsky.social · Apr 30
🚨 We’re hiring! The Digital Reskilling Lab at Harvard is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our research on workforce development, labor markets and AI.

Apply here 👉 academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14918

#EconJobs #Postdoc #FutureOfWork #AI #LaborEconomics #Harvard
Postdoctoral Fellow with the Digital Reskilling Lab - Digital, Data, and Design Institute
The Digital Reskilling Lab, led by Professors Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo, is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The mission of the Digital Reskilling Lab is to conduct research on workplace initiati...
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Neale Mahoney @nealemahoney.bsky.social · Apr 27
Fantastic to have @cselmendorf.bsky.social and many others at the @siepr.bsky.social Economics of Wildfires event last week. Check out his 🧵 for takeaways and questions.

(ICYMI, we’ll be posting videos and summaries in the coming days.)
cselmendorf.bsky.social Chris Elmendorf @cselmendorf.bsky.social · Apr 27
A 🧵 of takeaways, and my lingering questions, from last Thursday's excellent SIEPR program on The Economics of Wildfires.

(This is from recollection and my recollection may be faulty, so I've tagged sources where possible.)

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The Economics of Wildfires
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Chris Elmendorf @cselmendorf.bsky.social · Apr 27
A 🧵 of takeaways, and my lingering questions, from last Thursday's excellent SIEPR program on The Economics of Wildfires.

(This is from recollection and my recollection may be faulty, so I've tagged sources where possible.)

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The Economics of Wildfires
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