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Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
Premier's Research Chair in Productivity and Competitiveness

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago (2005)

Phone:

416-978-4273

Bio

Nathaniel Baum-Snow is a Professor of Economic Analysis and Premier's Research Chair in Productivity and Competitiveness. He has research interests in urban and real estate economics, labor economics and economic geography. His research includes investigations of reasons for changes in the spatial organization of economic activity in U.S. and Chinese cities, reasons for which workers earn more and have more dispersed wages in larger cities, and the consequences of transportation infrastructure investments on urban growth and welfare. He is a Managing Editor at the Journal of Urban Economics.

Academic Positions

  • 2019-

    Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • 2016-2019

    Associate Professor of Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • 2011-2015

    Associate Professor of Economics and Urban Studies, Brown University

  • 2005-2011

    Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University

Featured Work

Please see my personal website for all working papers and publications.

Research and Teaching Interests

Urban Economics and Real Estate