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Number of items: 101.
2025
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (24 February 2025) A new measure of quality of life explains why people like living in bigger cities. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog. picture_as_pdf
    • 2024
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2024). Measuring quality of life under spatial frictions. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2061). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Szumilo, Nikodem, Tripathy, Jagdish (2 October 2024) Why higher house prices lead to higher borrowing. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Szumilo, Nikodem, Tripathy, Jagdish (2024). Housing-consumption channel of mortgage demand. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2023). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (3 January 2024) Dashboards have the power to make complex research accessible to the public and policymakers. Impact of Social Sciences Blog. picture_as_pdf
    • 2023
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Jedwab, Remi (2023). The skyscraper revolution: global economic development and land savings. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1959). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Heblich, Stephan, Seidel, Tobias (2023). Micro-geographic property price and rent indices. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2022.103836 picture_as_pdf
    • 2022
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Heblich, Stephan, Seidel, Tobias (2022). Micro-geographic property price and rent indices: Open-access directory. [Dataset]. RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.7807/immo:red:ahs:v1
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Barr, Jason (2022). The economics of skyscrapers: a synthesis. Journal of Urban Economics, 129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2021.103419 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Mueller, Steffen Q. (2022). The generation gap in direct democracy: age vs. cohort effects. European Journal of Political Economy, 72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102120 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (26 January 2022) What is the optimal minimum wage? LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2022). Optimal minimum wages. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1823). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
    • 2021
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Heblich, Stephan, Seidel, Tobias (2021). Micro-geographic property price and rent indices. (CEP Discussion Papers 1782). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
    • 2020
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (12 December 2020) Lockdown shows us it is not work that attracts us to big cities – but the social life. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (11 December 2020) Lockdown shows us it is not work that attracts us to big cities – but the social life. LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel Peter Gabriel Martins, Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2020). Quality of life in a dynamic spatial model. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1736). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel, Barr, Jason (2020). Viewing urban spatial history from tall buildings. Regional Science and Urban Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103618 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel, Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2020). ABRS_RED_PriceIndices_LMR0717: Real Estate Data appendix to Quality of life in a dynamic spatial model. [Dataset]. RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.7807/immo:red:abrs:lmr:v1
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel Peter Gabriel Martins, Albers, Thilo Nils Hendrix, Behrens, Kristian (2020). Prime locations. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1725). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Jason, Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (1 August 2020) Do skyscrapers make economic sense? USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Barr, Jason (28 July 2020) Do skyscrapers make economic sense? LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Barr, Jason (2020). The economics of skyscrapers: a synthesis. (CEP Discussion Papers 1704). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
    • 2019
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2019). Ease vs. noise: long-run changes in the value of transport (dis)amenities. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2019.102268 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2019). Gewinner und verlierer von stadtentwicklung: ein plädoyer für mehr wohneigentum: Winners and losers of urban development: a plea for more home ownership. Zeitschrift Für ImmobilienöKonomie, 5(1), 111-130. https://doi.org/10.1365/s41056-019-00037-w picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2019). Ease versus noise: long-run changes in the value of transport (dis)amenities. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1631). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Pietrostefani, Elisabetta (2019). The economic effects of density: a synthesis. Journal of Urban Economics, 111, 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.04.006 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maenning, Wolfgang, Steenbeck, Malte (2019). Direct democracy and intergenerational conflicts in ageing societies. Journal of Regional Science, 60(1), 129-155. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12448 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Pietrostefani, Elisabetta (2019). The economic effects of density: a synthesis. (International Trade and Regional Economics DP13440). Centre for Economic Policy Research, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
    • 2018
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., McMillen, Daniel P. (2018). Tall buildings and land values: height and construction cost elasticities in Chicago, 1870 – 2010. Review of Economics and Statistics, 100(5), 861-875. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00734
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2018). The regional effects of Germany’s national minimum wage. Economics Letters, 172, 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.032
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Mueller, Steffen Q. (2018). The generation gap in direct democracy. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1552). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2018). Weights to address non‐parallel trends in panel difference‐in‐differences models. CESifo Economic Studies, 2(1), 216-240. https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ify013
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2018). Replication Data for: Monte Carlo study in: Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt: Weights to address non-parallel trends in panel difference-in-differences models. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/7fjee1
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2018). From periphery to core: measuring agglomeration effects using high-speed rail. Journal of Economic Geography, 18(2), 355-390. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx005
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Holman, Nancy (2018). Distinctively different: a new approach to valuing architectural amenities. The Economic Journal, 128(608), 1 - 33. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12429
    • 2017
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., McMillen, Daniel (2017). Replication Data for: "Tall Buildings and Land Values: Height and Construction Cost Elasticities in Chicago, 1870 – 2010". [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ffpaxw
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel (2017). Who benefits from neighbourhoods designated as conservation areas?
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Möller, Kristoffer, Waights, Sevrin, Wendland, Nicolai (2017). Game of zones: the political economy of conservation areas. The Economic Journal, 127(605), F421 - F445. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12454
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Koutroumpis, Pantelis, Valletti, Tommaso (2017). Speed 2.0: evaluating access to universal digital highways. Journal of the European Economic Association, 15(3), 586 - 625. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvw013
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Richter, Felix J. (2017). Urban renewal after the Berlin Wall: a place-based policy evaluation. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(1), 129-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw003
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Pietrostefani, Elisabetta (2017). The economic effects of density: A synthesis. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0210). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • 2016
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2016). Every generation votes in their own interest. But in an ageing world, that’s a problem.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2016). Ease vs. noise: on the conflicting effects of transportation infrastructure. (CESifo Working Paper Series 6058). CESifo Group Munich.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Osterheider, Tobias (2016). Industrial structure and preferences for a common currency: the case of the EURO referendum in Sweden. Applied Economics Letters, 24(3), 202-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1176109
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2016). The spatial decay in commuting probabilities: employment potential vs. community gravity. Economics Letters, 143, 125-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.04.004
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Steenbeck, Malte (2016). Après Nous le Déluge? Direct democracy and intergenerational conflicts in ageing societies. (CESifo Working Paper Series 5779). CESifo Group Munich.
    • 2015
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel M., Wolf, Nikolaus (2015). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin Wall. Econometrica, 83(6), 2127 - 2189. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10876
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2015). The spatial decay in commuting probabilities: employment potential vs. commuting gravity. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0188). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., McMillen, Daniel P. (2015). The vertical city: the price of land and the height of buildings in Chicago 1870-2010. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0180). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Cheshire, Paul (2015). What is good architecture worth?
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2015). From periphery to core: measuring agglomeration effects using high-speed rail. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0172). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Holman, Nancy (2015). Distinctively different: a new approach to valuing architectural amenities. (CESifo Working Paper Series 5521). The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography and Environment.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Holman, Nancy (2015). Distinctively different: a new approach to valuing architectural amenities. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0171). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Holman, Nancy, Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2015). No escape? The coordination problem in heritage preservation. Environment and Planning A, 47(1), 172 - 187. https://doi.org/10.1068/a130229p
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2015). Homevoters vs. leasevoters: a spatial analysis of airport effects. Journal of Urban Economics, 87, 85-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2015.03.002 picture_as_pdf
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Franke, Bastian, Maennig, Wolfgang (2015). Terrorism and international tourism: the case of Germany. Jahrbücher Für NationalöKonomie und Statistik, 235(1), 3-21.
    • 2014
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel (2014). How the government should promote high speed broadband in Britain.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2014). How to roll out high speed broadband in Britain.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Wendland, Nicolai (2014). Chicken or egg? the PVAR econometrics of transportation. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0158). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Kavetsos, Georgios (2014). Form or function?: the effect of new sports stadia on property prices in London. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 177(1), 169-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12006
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Wendland, Nicolai (2014). Chicken or egg? the PVAR econometrics of transportation. Journal of Economic Geography, 15(6), 1169-1193.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Ölschläger, Michaela (2014). Measuring and quantifying lifestyles and their impact on public choices: the case of professional football in Munich. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, (1-2), 59-86. https://doi.org/10.3233/JEM-140387
    • 2013
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Holman, Nancy (2013). No escape? The co-ordination problem in heritage preservation. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0145). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC).
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Waights, Sevrin, Wendland, Nicolai (2013). Game of zones: the economics of conservation areas. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0143). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2013). If we build it, will they pay? Predicting property price effects of transport innovations. Environment and Planning A, 45(8), 1977-1994. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45429
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel (2013). Accurate predictions of property price effects can help realise transport infrastructure projects.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2013). How polycentric is a monocentric city?: centers, spillovers and hysteresis. Journal of Economic Geography, 13(1), 53-83. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs013
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Kavetsos, Georgios (2013). Should I wish on a stadium?: measuring the average effect on the treated. In Rodrigues, Plácido, Késenne, Stefan, Garcia, Jaume (Eds.), The Econometrics of Sport . Edward Elgar.
    • 2012
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen J., Sturm, Daniel, Wolf, Nikolaus (2012). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin wall. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0118). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2012). Conservation areas may solve a form of prisoners dilemma as all local homeowners are required to maintain their property making everyone better off.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2012). Conservation areas: prisoners' dilemmas and gilded cages.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Holman, Nancy, Wendland, Nicolai (2012). An assessment of the effects of conservation areas on value. English Heritage.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Kavetsos, Georgios (2012). Outlook, progress and challenges of stadium evaluation. In Maennig, Wolfgang, Zimbalist, Andrew (Eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events (pp. 279-294). Edward Elgar.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Ölschläger, Michaela (2012). Support for and resistance against large stadia: the role of lifestyle and other socio-economic factors. In Maennig, Wolfgang, Zimbalist, Andrew, Woods, Robert A. (Eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events (pp. 279-294). Edward Elgar.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2012). Voting on a NIMBY facility: proximity cost of an “iconic” stadium. Urban Affairs Review, 48(2), 205 - 237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087411423644
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2012). Rail mega-projects in the realm of inter- and intra-city accessibility: evidence and outlooks for Berlin. Built Environment, 38(1), 71-88. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.38.1.71
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Scholz, Christiane (2012). Berlin: Stadt in Planung und im Wandel. DISP, 48(1), 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2012.702954
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Mastro, Alexandra (2012). Valuing iconic design: Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in Oak Park, Illinois. Housing Studies, 27(8), 1079-1099. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2012.728575
    • 2011
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). Stadium 1, Neighbourhood 0?
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). Shout if you don't want to go faster.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). The train has left the station: do markets value intra-city access to inter-city rail connections? German Economic Review, 12(3), 312-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0475.2010.00521.x
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). Putting a price on starchitecture.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). If Alonso was right: modeling accessibility and explaining the residential land gradient. Journal of Regional Science, 51(2), 318-338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00694.x
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2011). Fifty years of urban accessibility: the impact of the urban railway network on the land gradient in Berlin 1890-1936. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 41(2), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.10.001
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). If we build, will they pay?: predicting property price effects of transport innovations. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0075). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). Blessing or curse?: appreciation, amenities and resistance to urban renewal. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 41(1), 32-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.07.006
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2011). External productivity and utility effects of city airports. Regional Studies, 47(4), 508-529. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2011.581652
    • 2010
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2010). Architecture, economics - architectural economics [Architektur, ökonomie - Architekturökonomie]. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 11(4), 340-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2516.2010.00343.x
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2010). The economic benefits of high speed rail in Europe can now be demonstrated beyond doubt. Now the UK should consider investing in HSR as well.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2010). Stadtökonomische Impulse durch Sport: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen. Sportwissenschaft, 40(1), 63-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-009-0093-4
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Scholz, H. (2010). Erwartete externe Effekte und Wahlverhalten: Das Beispiel der Muenchner Allianz-Arena (Expected external effects and voting: the case of the Munich Allianz-Arena). Jahrbücher Für NationalöKonomie und Statistik, 230(1), 2-26.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2010). From periphery to core: economic adjustments to high speed rail. London School of Economics & University of Hamburg.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2010). Geography of a sports metropolis. Région et Développement, 31, 11-35.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2010). Impact of non-smoking ordinances on hospitality revenues: the case of Germany. Jahrbücher Für NationalöKonomie und Statistik, 230(5), 506-521.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2010). Impact of sports arenas on land values: evidence from Berlin. Annals of Regional Science, 44(2), 205-227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-008-0249-4
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2010). Stadium architecture and urban development from the perspective of urban economics. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34(3), 629-646. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00908.x
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2010). Substitutability and complementarity of urban amenities: external effects of built heritage in Berlin. Real Estate Economics, 38(2), 285-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6229.2010.00268.x
    • 2009
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2009). Looming stations: valuing transport innovations in historical context. Economics Letters, 105(1), 97-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.06.010
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2009). Arenas, arena architecture and the impact on location desirability: the case of `Olympic Arenas' in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. Urban Studies, 46(7), 1343-1362. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009104569
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2009). Built environment as determinant for attractiveness of location (Gebaute Umwelt als Determinante fuer Lageattraktivitaet: Der Einfluss gebietstypischer Bebauungsstruktur auf Grundstueckspreise in Berlin). DISP, 179,
    • 2008
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2008). Die Zentralität war schon da!: Die Bedeutung des öffentlichen Schienennahverkehrs für die Entstehung der Berliner City West. DISP, 44(3), 5-14.