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Professor

Edward Ludwig Glaeser

Harvard University
Economist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Economics
Elected
2010
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government; Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. Work focuses on the drivers of urban success, especially human capital and housing supply, and on problems of urban life, such as racial segregation and crime. Student of American cities, he is particularly interested in the role geographic proximity can play in creating knowledge and innovation. Writes extensively on the political economy of hatred, religion, and corruption. Editor of Agglomeration Economics (2010).
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