Matthew Turner’s research focuses on the economics of land use and transportation. Current projects investigate; the relationship between public transit and the growth of cities, whether and how `smart growth’ type development affects individual driving behaviour, and how land use patterns are evolving in the United States. Recent projects examine the relationship between the extent of a city’s highway network and urban growth, total driving in the city, and patterns of trade. Professor Turner holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, a Ph. D. in economics from Brown University. His research appears in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies and Econometrica, and is regularly featured in the popular press.
Turner, Matthew A. "Benefit-Transfer and Spatial Equilibrium." Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 69, no. 3, 2018, pp. 575-589. |
Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Brandt, Loren, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Zhang, Qinghua. "Roads, Railroads, and Decentralization of Chinese Cities." The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 99, no. 3, 2017, pp. 435-448. |
Duranton, G., Morrow, P. M., Turner, M. A. "Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US." The Review of Economic Studies, vol. 81, no. 2, 2013, pp. 681-724. |
Turner, Matthew A, Rosenthal, Jeffrey S, Chen, Jian, Hao, Chunyan. "Adaptation to Climate Change in Preindustrial Iceland." American Economic Review, vol. 102, no. 3, 2012, pp. 250-255. |
Duranton, G., Turner, M. A. "Urban Growth and Transportation." The Review of Economic Studies, vol. 79, no. 4, 2012, pp. 1407-1440. |
Dachis, B., Duranton, G., Turner, M. A. "The effects of land transfer taxes on real estate markets: evidence from a natural experiment in Toronto." Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 12, no. 2, 2011, pp. 327-354. |
Duranton, Gilles, Turner, Matthew A. "The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion: Evidence from US Cities." American Economic Review, vol. 101, no. 6, 2011, pp. 2616-2652. |
Osborne, Martin J., Turner, Matthew A. "Cost Benefit Analyses versus Referenda." Journal of Political Economy, vol. 118, no. 1, 2010, pp. 156-187. |
Magesan, Arvind, Turner, Matthew A. "The Value of Information in Regulation." The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010. |
Overman, Henry G., Puga, Diego, Turner, Matthew A. "Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States." Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 38, no. 5, 2008, pp. 487-497. |
Eid, Jean, Overman, Henry G., Puga, Diego, Turner, Matthew A. "Fat city: Questioning the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity." Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 63, no. 2, 2008, pp. 385-404. |
Turner, Matthew A. "Review of green cities." Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 38, no. 4, 2008, pp. 404-405. |
Turner, Matthew A. "A simple theory of smart growth and sprawl." Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 61, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-44. |
BRANDT, LOREN, TURNER, MATTHEW A. "THE USEFULNESS OF IMPERFECT ELECTIONS: THE CASE OF VILLAGE ELECTIONS IN RURAL CHINA." Economics & Politics, vol. 19, no. 3, 2007, pp. 453-480. |
Burchfield, M., Overman, H. G., Puga, D., Turner, M. A. "Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait from Space." The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 121, no. 2, 2006, pp. 587-633. |
Turner, Matthew A. "Landscape preferences and patterns of residential development." Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 57, no. 1, 2005, pp. 19-54. |
Turner, Matthew, Weninger, Quinn. "Meetings with Costly Participation: An Empirical Analysis." The Review of Economic Studies, vol. 72, no. 1, 2005, pp. 247-268. |
Osborne, Martin J, Rosenthal, Jeffrey S, Turner, Matthew A. "Meetings with Costly Participation: Reply." American Economic Review, vol. 95, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1351-1354. |
Brandt, Loren, Rozelle, Scott, Turner, Matthew A. "Local Government Behavior and Property Right Formation in Rural China." Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE, vol. 160, no. 4, 2004, pp. 627-662. |
Year | Degree | Institution |
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1995 | PhD | Brown University |
1992 | AM | Brown University |
1987 | BA | University of California, Berkeley |
Population Studies Training Center at Brown
International Growth Center
Property and Environment Research Center
ECON 1340 - Economics of Global Warming |
ECON 1410 - Urban Economics |
ECON 2020 - Applied Economics Analysis |
ECON 2410 - Urbanization |