Matthew Easton

me2713 at columbia dot edu

I am a sixth-year economics PhD student at Columbia University studying urban and spatial economics, and I am interested in understanding where people live and why. My research examines productivity and quality-of-life differences across cities, as well as how people of different incomes and races sort within cities.

You can find my CV here.

Papers

Working Papers

Segregation, Spillovers, and the Locus of Racial Change, with Donald Davis and Stephan Thies.
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Populations in Spatial Equilibrium, with Patrick Farrell.
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Interest Spreads and Margins in Collateral Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Beliefs, with Robert Barsky and Avery Bogus. Chicago Fed Working Paper Series, 2022.
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Work in Progress

Amenities and Population Growth: The Case of the Sun Belt
A Survey of Unemployment in Metro Areas, with Donald Davis and Tomasz Michalski.

Federal Reserve Papers

The Global Saving Glut and the Fall in U.S. Real Interest Rates: A 15-Year Retrospective, with Robert Barsky. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, 2021-01.
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Teaching

2022 and 2024 Wueller Teaching Award (runner-up) for best undergraduate elective teaching fellow.

Economics of New York City, Spring 2022 and 2024
Economic Development of Japan, Fall 2022 and 2023
Finance and the Real Economy, Spring 2023
Financial Crises, Fall 2021
Financial Economics, Spring and Summer 2021
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Fall 2020