© 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. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098009356126).

(working paper version)

· 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”)

(working paper version)

· 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).

(working paper version)

· Urban growth controls and intercity commuting, Journal of Urban Economics 57, 2005 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2004.12.004).

(working paper version)

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.

· Do Housing Regulations Slow Down Regional Production Growth? Co-authored with Nandwa, B.

· 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

· Fiscal competition (Ph.D. dissertation, published)

· Urban growth controls (Ph.D. dissertation, published)

· Crime (in progress)

· Urban decline

· Urban squatting

PUBLIC ECONOMICS

· Non-profit organizations and government grants (in progress)

· Fiscal decentralization

DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH

· Informal economies (published)

· Economic growth and technology adoption

· Political economy models of growth and development (Ph.D. course work)

· Corruption/rent-seeking/soft-budget constraints

· Regional development

POLITICAL ECONOMICS

· Political cycles in the Brazilian economy (M.A. dissertation)

· Election concerns and public policies

· Politicians versus parties interests

· Ethnic conflict management