Research Interests
David's research examines how federal tax burdens and spending, and public goods are distributed geographically, as well as local differences in pay, productivity, housing costs, and quality of life.
Education
History, Philosophy, and Economics, B.A. , McGill University
Economics, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Economics, M.A., Yale University
Recent Publications
Albouy, D., & Shin, M. C. (2022). A statistical learning approach to land valuation: Optimizing the use of external information. Journal of Housing Economics, 58, Article 101873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2022.101873
Albouy, D., & Kim, H. (2022). The Value of Rural and Urban Public Infrastructure. Economic Development Quarterly, 36(3), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/08912424221112074
Albouy, D., Cho, H., & Shappo, M. (2021). Immigration and the pursuit of amenities. Journal of Regional Science, 61(1), 5-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12475
Albouy, D., Christensen, P., & Sarmiento-Barbieri, I. (2020). Unlocking amenities: Estimating public good complementarity. Journal of Public Economics, 182, Article 104110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104110
Albouy, D., & Stuart, B. A. (2020). Urban Population and Amenities: The Neoclassical Model of Location. International Economic Review, 61(1), 127-158. https://doi.org/10.3386/w19919, https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12419