Daniel M. Sturm
| Position: Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics On leave 2011-2012 | 
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| Contact Details: London School of Economics Department of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE England Tel: +44-20-7955 7522 Fax: +44-20-7955 7595 d.m.sturm [at] lse.ac.uk |
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| Research Interests: International Trade, Economic Geography, Political Economy, Environmental Economics |
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Research
| Journal Articles | |
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| "History and Industry Location: Evidence from German Airports,"
with Steve Redding and Niko Wolf, Review of Economics and Statistics, 93(3), August 2011, 814-831. [paper] [appendix] [data] |
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| "Political Competition, Policy and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the United States,"
with Tim Besley and Torsten Persson, Review of Economic Studies, 77(4), October 2010, 1329-1352. [paper] [data] |
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| "The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from German Division and Reunification,"
with Steve Redding, American Economic Review, 98(5), December 2008, 1766-1797. [paper] [appendix] [data] |
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| "How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy," with John List, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(4), November 2006, 1249-1281. [paper] [data] |
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| "Product Standards, Trade Disputes, and
Protectionism," Canadian Journal of Economics, 39(2), May 2006, 564-581. [paper] |
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| "Environment and Trade: The Implications of Imperfect Information and Political Economy," with Alistair Ulph, World Trade Review, 1(3), November 2002, 235-256. [paper] |
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| Book Chapters | |
| "Trade and the Environment: A Survey of the Literature," in Environmental Policy in an International Perspective," Laura Marsiliani, Michael Rauscher and Cees Withagen (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 119-149. [paper] |
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| Working Papers and Work in Progress | |
| "Term Limits and Electoral Accountability," with Michael Smart, [paper] | |
| "The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall" (with Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Steve Redding and Niko Wolf) [paper] [appendix] | |
| "Do Politicians Respond to Reelection Incentives? Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections," with Michael Smart. | |
| "The Trade Liberalisation Effects of Regional Trade Agreements," with Volker Nitsch. [paper] [appendix] | |
| "Choosing How to Compete: Is Environmental Policy the Optimal Instrument?" [paper] | |
| Policy Contributions | |
| "Location, Location, Location," with Steve Redding, CentrePiece, 10(2), Summer 2005, pp. 19 - 23. | |
| "A lot of Hot Air? The Kyoto Protocol and Emissions Trading," CentrePiece, 3(2), Summer 1998, pp. 23 - 26. |
Teaching
| Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis (EC 455) | |
| Economic Policy Analysis (EC 406) | |
| International Economics for Research Students (EC532) | |
| Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the MPA Programme (MI 402) | |
| (All teaching material is on LSE Moodle) | |