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Mike Lahr

Michael L. Lahr, Ph.D.


Associate Research Professor, Center for Urban Policy Research
Visiting Research Fellow;
Institute for International Economics, Business, & Management; University of Groningen
B.A., M.A.., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

 

Contact Information

Civic Square Building, room 484

Phone (848) 932-2372

Fax (732) 932-2363

E-mail lahr@rutgers.edu

 

Research Interests

  • Economic development
  • Interindustry economics
  • Urban and regional economics/geography
  • Public finance
  • Labor markets

 

Graduate Courses

 

Publications and Activities

 

Profile

For more than 20 years, Professor Lahr has modeled and measured the economic and fiscal consequences of investments, events, and programs. Most notable of his recent studies are those on the economic effects of historic preservation with Professor David Listokin. This series of seven studies resulted in a lead article in Housing Policy Debate. A book based on these joint research experiences is in the offing.

 

The main thrust of Lahr's research focuses on making regional input-output models more accurate. In addition to writing a number of articles on this topic, he has co-edited three books: advances in input-output analysis, in the field of regional science, and a commemoration of Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief's works. He also sits on the Council of the International Input-Output Association.

 

Lahr has studied motivations of poor to suburbanize, examined disparities among metropolitan areas in the stigma of public assistance, investigated causes of urban distress, developed cost-of-living and cost-of-doing-business indices, the effect of preservation policies on property prices, and examined whether New York City still propels its metropolitan economy. Lahr is on the Board of Editors for the following journals: Brazilian Review of Regional Studies, Economic Systems Research, and the Journal of Regional Science, and also regularly reviews for several other journals. He is also the co-managing editor of The Review of Regional Studies.

 

Complete Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)