Edward Glaeser
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Edward L. Glaeser (born May 1, 1967) is an economist. He was educated at Collegiate School in New York City before obtaining his B.A. in economics from Princeton University and his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. Glaeser joined the faculty of Harvard in 1993, where he is currently Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor at the department of economics and director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Kennedy School of Government, in addition to being an editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Glaeser's connections with both Chicago and Harvard makes him a linkage between the Chicago School and the Cambridge School of Economics.
\"A Jack of all Trades\"
Glaeser has made substantial contributions to the empirical study of urban economics. In particular, his work examining the historical evolution of economic hubs like Boston and New York City has had major influence on both economics and urban geography. In addition, Glaeser has written widely on a variety of other topics, ranging from social economics to the economics of religion, from both contemporary and historical perspectives.Despite the seeming disparateness of the topics he has examined, most of Glaeser's work can be said to apply economic theory (and especially price theory and game theory) to explain human economic and social behavior. Glaeser develops models using these tools and then evaluates them with real world data, so as to verify their applicability. A number of his most influential papers in applied economics are co-written with his Harvard colleague, Andrei Shleifer.
External links
- [Glaeser on the differences between U.S and European welfare policies]
- [Glaeser's homepage at the department of economics]
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