© Laudo M.
Ogura, January 11, 2012
Publications
Author’s SSRN page: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=558046
· Effects of urban growth controls on intercity commuting. Urban Studies 2010, 47(10), 2173-2193. ().
· Skill differentiation between formal and informal employment, with Enlinson Mattos, Journal of Economic Studies 36, 2009 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443580910992384).
(Previously titled “Skill segmentation in informal employment”)
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A note on tax competition, attachment to
home, and underprovision of public goods, Journal of Urban Economics
59, 2006 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2005.08.001).
·
Urban growth controls and intercity commuting, Journal of Urban Economics 57, 2005
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2004.12.004).
Working Papers
Revised working papers are
available upon request.
·
Local
Urban Growth Controls and Regional Economic Growth. Co-authored with Nandwa, B.
·
Local
Crime Deterrence and Prevention.
·
Determinants
of Saving: A Study of US Non-profit Organizations. Co-authored with Yi, D.
T.
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Do
Housing Regulations Slow Down Regional Production Growth? Co-authored with
Nandwa, B.
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Tax
Competition and Local Urban Growth Controls.
·
Was Jane
Jacobs Right? A Study of Violence and Urban Buoyancy of Brasília. Co-authored
with Faria, J.R. and Saschida, A.
·
Urban
Prosperity, Decline, and Crime.
Other Research Works
· Three Essays in Urban and Public Economics.
Ph.d. Dissertation. Champaign, IL, USA: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2005.
· Ciclos Eleitorais: Uma Aplicação Para a Economia Brasileira (Electoral
Cycles in the Brazilian Economy).
Master Dissertation. Brasilia, DF, Brazil:
University of Brasilia, 2000.
·
An
empirical evaluation of the political business cycles models for the Brazilian
economy – 1980~1999
ABSTRACT: This paper tests the "opportunistic" political business cycle models against a broad range of stylised facts for the Brazilian economy. I study the period spaning from 1980 to 1999, which encompasses the recent return to a democratic regime. The results show evidence in favour of the models in several aspects.
This article was presented in the Brazilian Annual Economic Meeting (ANPEC), Brazil, 12/1999 [meeting version in Portuguese] and was published in the meeting’s Proceedings. The article is an adaptation of the empirical work in the author’s master dissertation for the University of Brasilia, Brazil, 6/2000. Further work is needed for reliable results (there are more recent works on the same subject by other authors). A draft version (2000) in English can be found here (but it is not well translated).
Current or past research areas
URBAN ECONOMICS
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Fiscal
competition (Ph.D. dissertation, published)
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Urban
growth controls (Ph.D. dissertation, published)
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Crime
(in progress)
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Urban
decline
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Urban
squatting
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
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Non-profit
organizations and government grants (in progress)
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Fiscal
decentralization
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
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Informal
economies (published)
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Economic
growth and technology adoption
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Political
economy models of growth and development (Ph.D. course work)
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Corruption/rent-seeking/soft-budget
constraints
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Regional
development
POLITICAL ECONOMICS
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Political
cycles in the Brazilian economy (M.A. dissertation)
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Election
concerns and public policies
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Politicians
versus parties interests
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Ethnic
conflict management