Daniel M. Sturm
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Professor of Economics London School of Economics | 
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| Contact Details: Department of Economics London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom Tel: +44-20-7955 7522 d.m.sturm [at] lse.ac.uk |
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| Office: 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Room 2.25 | |
| Office Hours:
Tuesdays 17:00 to 18:30 Book a slot on the LSE Student Hub | |
| Research Interests: International Trade, Economic Geography, Urban Economics, and Political Economy |
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Research
| Journal Articles | |
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| "The Impact of Public Employment: Evidence from Bonn," with Sascha Becker and Stephan Heblich, Journal of Urban Economics, 122, March 2021, 103291. [paper] [appendix] | |
| "The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London," with Stephan Heblich and Steve Redding, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(4), November 2020, 2059-2133. [paper] [appendix] [data] | |
| "The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall" with Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Steve Redding and Niko Wolf, Econometrica, 83(6), November 2015, 2127-2189. [paper] [supplement] [data] | |
| "Term Limits and Electoral Accountability," with Michael Smart, Journal of Public Economics, 107, November 2013, 93-102. [paper] | |
| "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] | |
| "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] | |
| "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] | |
| "How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy," with John List, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(4), November 2006, 1249-1281. [paper] [data] | |
| "Product Standards, Trade Disputes, and Protectionism," Canadian Journal of Economics, 39(2), May 2006, 564-581. [paper] | |
| "Environment and Trade: The Implications of Imperfect Information and Political Economy," with Alistair Ulph, World Trade Review, 1(3), November 2002, 235-256. [paper] | |
| 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] | |
| Working Papers and Work in Progress | |
| "Estimating Neighbourhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London," with Steve Redding. [paper] [appendix] | |
| "The Geography of Life: Evidence from Copenhagen," with Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Ismir Mulalic and Caterina Soto Vieira. [abstract] [slides] | |
| "Applying the Quantitative Urban Model to Cities in Developing Countries," with Kohei Takeda and Tony Venables. [slides] | |
| "War-Time Destruction and the Persistence of Economic Activity," with Daniela Glocker. [slides] | |
| Retired Working Papers | |
| "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 | |
| "The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London," with Stephan Heblich and Steve Redding, CentrePiece, Spring 2019. [pdf] | |
| "The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London," with Stephan Heblich and Steve Redding, VoxEU, October 2018. [link] | |
| "The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall," with Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Steve Redding, and Nikolaus Wolf, VoxEU, August 2014. [link] | |
| "Location, Location, Location," with Steve Redding, CentrePiece, 10(2), Summer 2005, pp. 19 - 23. [pdf] | |
| "A lot of Hot Air? The Kyoto Protocol and Emissions Trading," CentrePiece, 3(2), Summer 1998, pp. 23 - 26. [pdf] |
Teaching
| Methods of Economic Policy Analysis (PP419) | |
| Micro and Macro Economics for Public Policy (PP440) | |
| Economics in Public Policy (EC230) | |
| International Economics for Research Students (EC532) | |
| Empirical Methods for Public Policy (PP455E) | |
| Introduction to Statistics for Public Policy | |
| (All teaching material is on LSE Moodle) | |