Matthew E. Kahn

Placemetry and the Economics of Property Risk Reduction Through Insurance Contract Innovation YouTube video by Matthew Kahn

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Will Date Drop Create Happy Young Power Couples? My Wall Street Journal feed supplied some clickbait this morning.

Power couple formation due to AI
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The economics of climate adaptation optimism osf.io/preprints/so...

A Tool To Free Up Military Procurement “Advance market commitments” would infuse competition, clarity, and savings into the weapons-buying mix.

Dora and I just published this piece. We are also finishing a new paper on grandparents.

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Will the Trump Administration’s Environmental Regulation Rollbacks Injure Our Health? A contrarian view

A contrary view. We aren't passive victims of pollution. If the State retreats, we raise our game.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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📢 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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My thoughts on incorporating AI in undergrad economics education.
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My thoughts about the public policy proposals from leading household finance scholars.
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I am circulating my new paper on how AI will improve undergraduate economics education.
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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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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...

Efficiency boosts trust in government.
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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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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.

A 14 minute discussion about AI, data, jobs, my mother, Robert Redford and selection bias.
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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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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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Sneha Nimmagadda Email Address: snimmaga@usc.edu Phone: +1 (310) 359-5293

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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I am circulating a free copy of my new book about economic shocks.
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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.

Great to work on this report
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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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A Green Vibe Shift? While Led Zeppelin recorded “The Song Remains the Same”, Bill Gates is now singing a slightly different (optimistic) green tune.

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Lessons from the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for the Abundance Advocates The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics celebrates Creative Destruction.

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The Simple Economics of Flood Risk Model Uncertainty and Risk Modeling Progress Every property in the United States is at risk of flooding.

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The Economics of Shipping Green Power to U.S Cities versus Chinese Cities The New York Times has published an insightful article that allows the authors to sketch out the environmental benefits of an authoritarian state (where the CCP can allocate land as it sees fit) and t...

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