Matthew E. Kahn
@mattkahn1966.bsky.social
A nomad economist traveling around Southern California and Manhattan.
Dora and I just published this piece. We are also finishing a new paper on grandparents. www.hoover.org/research/too...
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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A contrary view. We aren't passive victims of pollution. If the State retreats, we raise our game. open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
Will the Trump Administration’s Environmental Regulation Rollbacks Injure Our Health?
A contrarian view
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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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📢 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. Read it here: buff.ly/JExG0Iz 📈📉 #Econsky
My thoughts on incorporating AI in undergrad economics education. drive.google.com/file/d/1EFoN...
AI_and_the_Economics_Major_12_3_2025.pdf
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My thoughts about the public policy proposals from leading household finance scholars. drive.google.com/file/d/1G9Hl...
_Fixed_ book review by Campbell and Ramadorai.pdf
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I am circulating my new paper on how AI will improve undergraduate economics education. drive.google.com/file/d/1EFoN...
AI_and_the_Economics_Major_12_3_2025.pdf
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Efficiency boosts trust in government. open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
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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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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A 14 minute discussion about AI, data, jobs, my mother, Robert Redford and selection bias. open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
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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As the job market begins, I want to highlight a USC economics student who has written a better thesis than my 1993 "classic". sites.google.com/view/sneha-n...
Sneha Nimmagadda
Email Address: snimmaga@usc.edu Phone: +1 (310) 359-5293
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I am circulating a free copy of my new book about economic shocks. drive.google.com/file/d/1vZro...
Diabetes, Floods and Unemployment .pdf
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Great to work on this report www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
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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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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