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Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor
Department of
Economics & Cox School of Business
Southern Methodist University
Research Associate, NBER
Research Affiliate, CEPR
Research Associate, UC3M
My
home island
SMU
Dept of Economics
3300
Dyer, Suite 301
Dallas,
TX 75205
kdesmet at smu dot edu
Papers published in refereed
academic journals
1. “Expanding the
Measurement of Culture with a Sample of Two Billion Humans,” Journal
of the Royal Society Interface, 2022, 19, 20220085 (with Edmond Awad, Manuel Cebrián, Ángel Cuevas, Rubén Cuevas, Ignacio Martín, Nick Obradovich, Ignacio Ortuńo-Ortín,
Ömer Özak and Iyad Rahwan). Online Appendix.
Related Vox column.
2. “Understanding
Spatial Variation in COVID-19 across U.S. Counties,” Journal of Urban Economics:
Insights, 2022, 127, 103332 (with Romain Wacziarg). Online
Appendix. Replication
files. Coverage in National
Post. Related LSE
US Centre blog post.
3. “The Cultural Divide,”
Economic
Journal, 2021, 131, 2058-2088 (with Romain Wacziarg). Online
Appendix. Coverage in The Economist and UCLA
Anderson Review. Related Pro-Market
blog article.
4. “Local Sectoral
Specialization in a Warming World,” Journal of Economic Geography, 2021,
21, 493-530 (with Bruno Conte, Dávid Krisztián Nagy and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
Related VoxEU column. Further coverage in Vox. CEPR e-book on combatting
climate change.
5. “Urban Growth
Shadows,” Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 123, 103334 (with David Cuberes and Jordan Rappaport). Online
Appendix.
6. “Evaluating the Economic
Cost of Coastal Flooding,” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
2021, 13, 444-486 (with Robert Kopp, Scott Kulp, Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Michael
Oppenheimer, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg and Ben Strauss).
Replication
files. Related Vox column, policy brief
and video. Coverage on NPR
and AEA
Research Highlights Podcast.
7. “The Shrinking
Advantage of Market Potential,” Journal of Development Economics,
2020, 147, 102529 (with Marius Brülhart and Gian-Paolo Klinke).
8. “Spatial
Competition, Innovation and Institutions: The Industrial Revolution and the
Great Divergence,” Journal of Economic Growth, 2020,
25, 1-35 (with Avner Greif and Stephen Parente).
9. “The Geography of
Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods,” Journal
of Development Economics, 2020, 143, 102384 (with Joseph Gomes and
Ignacio Ortuńo). Online Appendix.
Related Vox
column. Coverage in Quartz
and La
Vanguardia.
10. “The Geography
of Development,” Journal of Political Economy, 2018,
126, 903-983, lead article, winner of Lucas Prize (with Dávid
Krisztián Nagy and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
Video
Simulations. Replication
Files. Related Vox column. Coverage in The Economist,
La Nación,
Le nouvel Economiste and Project Syndicate.
11. “Peripheral Diversity:
Transfers versus Public Goods,” Social Choice and Welfare, 2017, 49,
787-823 (with Ignacio Ortuńo and Shlomo
Weber).
12. “Culture, Ethnicity
and Diversity,” American Economic Review, 2017, 107, 2479-2513, lead article (with Ignacio Ortuńo and Romain Wacziarg). Online
Appendix. Replication
Files. Related Vox column. Interview in Trends.
13. “The Settlement of the United
States, 1800-2000: The Long Transition to Gibrat’s
Law,” Journal of Urban Economics, 2017, 98, 50-68 (with Jordan
Rappaport). Online
Appendix.
14. “Asia’s Geographic Development,”
Asian
Development Review, 2017, 34, 1-24 (with Dávid
Krisztián Nagy and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
15. “On the Spatial
Economic Impact of Global Warming,” Journal of Urban Economics, 2015, 88,16-37 (with Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
Coverage in The Economist. Related Vox column.
16. “The Spatial
Development of India,” Journal of Regional Science, 2015,
55, 10-30 (with Ejaz Ghani,
Steve O’Connell and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg). Related Vox column (reproduced in Ideas for India).
Economic Premise note.
Coverage in Financial
Express.
17. “Resistance to Technology
Adoption: The Rise and Decline of Guilds,” Review of Economic Dynamics,
2014, 17, 437-458 (with Stephen Parente). Related Vox column.
18. “Spatial
Development,” American Economic Review, 2014, 104, 1211-43 (with Esteban
Rossi-Hansberg). Replication
Files.
19. “Urban Accounting
and Welfare,” American Economic Review, 2013, 103, 2296-2327 (with Esteban
Rossi-Hansberg). Related Vox
column
(in Japanese).
Replication
Files.
20. “The Evolution of Markets and
the Revolution of Industry: A Unified Theory of Growth,” Journal
of Economic Growth, 2012, 17, 205-234 (with Stephen Parente).
21. “Hub-and-Spoke Free
Trade Areas,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45, 942-977 (with Giovanni
Facchini and George Deltas).
22. “Innovation in Space,”
American
Economic Review P&P, 2012, 102, 447-52 (with Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
23. “The Political Economy of
Linguistic Cleavages,” Journal of Development Economics,
2012, 97, 322-338 (with Ignacio Ortuńo and Romain Wacziarg). ELF and
Polarization Data (different levels of aggregation).
24. “The Stability and Breakup
of Nations: A Quantitative Analysis,” Journal of Economic Growth, 2011, 16,
183-213 (with Michel Le Breton, Ignacio Ortuńo and Shlomo Weber). Coverage in BBC, Radio
Nacional de Espańa, El Mundo.
25. “Bigger is Better: Market
Size, Demand Elasticity and Innovation,” International Economic Review, 2010, 51, 319-333 (with
Stephen Parente).
26. “On Spatial Dynamics,”
Journal
of Regional Science, 2010, 50, 43-63 (with Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
27. “Spatial Growth and Industry
Age,” Journal of Economic Theory,
2009, 144, 2477-2502 (with Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
Related Vox column.
28. “Linguistic Diversity and
Redistribution,” Journal of the
European Economic Association, 2009, 7, 1291-1318 (with Ignacio Ortuńo and Shlomo Weber). Linguistic
heterogeneity data (accounting for distances)
29. “Foreign Direct Investment and
Spillovers: Gradualism May Be Better,” Canadian Journal
of Economics, 2008, 41, 926-953 (with Felipe
Meza and Juan Rojas).
30. “Rational Underdevelopment,”
Scandinavian
Journal of Economics, 2007, 109, 1-24 (with
Ignacio Ortuńo).
31. “Inflation in Open
Economies with Complete Markets,” Economic Theory, 2007, 31,
271-291 (with Marco Celentani and J. Ignacio Conde).
32. “Employment Concentration
across U.S. Counties,” Regional Science and Urban Economics,
2006, 36, 482-509 (with Marcel Fafchamps).
33. “Changes in the Spatial
Concentration of Employment across U.S. Counties: A Sectoral
Analysis 1972-2000?,” Journal of Economic Geography,
2005, 5(3), 261-284 (with Marcel Fafchamps).
34. “Implementing R&D
Policies: An Analysis of Spain's Pharmaceutical Research Program,”
Research Policy, 2004, 33, 1493-1507 (with Praveen Kujal
and Félix Lobo).
35. “Endogenous Policy Leads to
Incomplete Risk Sharing,” Review of Economic Dynamics, 7, 2004, 758-787 (with Marco Celentani
and J. Ignacio Conde).
36. “A Simple Model of Uneven
Development and Overtaking,” Economic Journal, 2002, 112, 894-918.
37. “Accounting for the Mexican
Banking Crisis,” Emerging Markets Review, 2000, 1,
165-181.
38. “A Perfect Foresight Model of
Regional Development and Skill Specialization,”
Regional Science and
Urban Economics, 2000, 30, 221-242.
Completed working papers
39. “The Gender Gap in
Preferences: Evidence from 45,397
Facebook Interests,” NBER Working Paper #29451, CEPR Discussion Paper #16740,
October 2021 (with Ángel Cuevas, Rubén Cuevas and
Ignacio Ortuńo-Ortín). Related Vox column and VoxTalk podcast. Coverage in Atlantico
and El País.
40. “Is Secessionism Mostly
About Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions,”
NBER Working Paper #30428, CEPR
Discussion Paper #17894, September
2022 (with Ignacio Ortuńo and Ömer
Özak). Coverage in phys.org
and National
Geographic Indonesia.
41. “On the Geographic
Implications of Carbon Taxes,” NBER Working Paper #30678, CEPR Discussion Paper #17714, November 2022 (with
Bruno Conte and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg). Related Vox column and Becker-Friedman
Institute summary. Op-Ed in Inside
Sources and Las
Vegas Sun.
42. “Ethnic Remoteness
Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access,” NBER Working Paper #30862, CEPR Discussion Paper #17895, January 2023 (with
Joseph Gomes).
Book chapters and short articles
43. “The Economic Impact
of Climate Change over Time and Space,” NBER Reporter, December
2021.
44. “Trade
to Adapt: Changing Specialization to Cope with Climate Change,” in: Weder di Mauro, B. (Ed.), Combatting Climate Change: A CEPR Collection, E-book, 2021 (with
Bruno Conte, Dávid Krisztián
Nagy and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
45. “The Geography of Development
within Countries,” in: Duranton, G., Henderson,
J.V. and Strange, W. (Eds.), Handbook of
Regional and Urban Economics vol. 5., Elsevier:
Amsterdam, 2015 (with Vernon Henderson).
46. “Linguistic
Cleavages and Economic Development,” in: Ginsburgh,
V. and Weber, S. (Eds.), Palgrave
Handbook of Economics and Language, Palgrave McMillan, 2016 (with Ignacio Ortuńo and Romain Wacziarg).
47. “Analyzing Urban Systems:
Have Mega-Cities Become Too Large?,” in: Glaeser, E. and Joshi-Ghani, A. (Eds.), The
Urban Imperative: Towards Competitive Cities, Oxford University Press, 2015
(with Esteban Rossi-Hansberg).
Other published work
48. Discussion of “The Bank Lending
Channel: Evidence from Emerging Economies,” Moneda y
Crédito, 2003, 216,
201-203.
49. “Breaking Down the
Barriers to Firm Growth in Europe,” Bruegel
Blueprint 18, 2012 (with Loris Rubini, Facundo Piguillem and Aránzazu Crespo).
50. Book review of “A Culture of Growth: The
Origins of the Modern Economy” by Joel Mokyr, Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78,
1261-1263.