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Matthew Turner

Brown University - Department of Economics

64 Waterman Street

Providence, RI 02912

United States

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (13)

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1.

Does Investment in National Highways Help or Hurt Hinterland City Growth?

NBER Working Paper No. w24596
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, J. Vernon Henderson, Matthew Turner, Qinghua Zhang and Loren Brandt
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Brown University - Department of Economics, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Transportation Infrastructure and Urban and Regional Development

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Transportation Infrastructure and Urban and Regional Development

The Wharton School Research Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Oct 2025
Gilles Duranton and Matthew Turner
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Brown University - Department of Economics
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urban growth, inter- and intra-city transportation

Transportation Infrastructure and Urban and Regional Development

NBER Working Paper No. w35359
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jun 2026
Gilles Duranton and Matthew Turner
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Subways and Urban Air Pollution

NBER Working Paper No. w24183
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Stefano Polloni and Matthew Turner
University of Toronto, UC Berkeley, Brown University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Subways and Urban Growth: Evidence from Earth

NBER Working Paper No. w24996
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Matthew Turner
UC Berkeley and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Transportation Infrastructure in the US

NBER Working Paper No. w27254
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
Matthew Turner, Gilles Duranton and Geetika Nagpal
Brown University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and World Bank - Development Impact
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Are Big Cities Important for Economic Growth?

NBER Working Paper No. w33334
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Jan 2025
Matthew Turner and David N. Weil
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Does the US have an Infrastructure Cost Problem? Evidence from the Interstate Highway System

NBER Working Paper No. w30989
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Matthew Turner, Neil Mehrotra and Juan Pablo Uribe
Brown University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Brown University - Department of Economics
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The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago

NBER Working Paper No. w29718
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Michael Coury, Toru Kitagawa, Allison Shertzer and Matthew Turner
University of Pittsburgh, Brown University, University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Urbanization in the Developing World: Too Early or Too Slow?

NBER Working Paper No. w27201
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2026
J. Vernon Henderson and Matthew Turner
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Brown University - Department of Economics
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A Unified Theory of Cities

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A Unified Theory of Cities

NBER Working Paper No. w29078
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 26 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2023
Jacques-François Thisse, Matthew Turner and Philip Ushchev
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Brown University - Department of Economics and HSE University
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A Unified Theory of Cities

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16461
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Jacques-François Thisse, Matthew Turner and Philip Ushchev
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Brown University - Department of Economics and HSE University
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cities, quantitative spatial economics, Urban Economics

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Sewers and Urbanization in the Developing World

NBER Working Paper No. w33597
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Mar 2025
Sean McCulloch, Matthew Schaelling, Matthew Turner and Toru Kitagawa
Brown University, Brown University, Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University
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The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 25-7
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 14 Feb 2025
Michael Coury, Toru Kitagawa, Allison Shertzer and Matthew Turner
State University of New York (SUNY) - College of Arts and Sciences, University College London, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Piped water and sewer access, Infrastructure, Extrapolation

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Equilibrium Particulate Exposure

NBER Working Paper No. w34081
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Jul 2025
Lorenzo Rodrigo Aldeco Leo, Lint Barrage and Matthew Turner
Bank of Mexico, ETH Zürich and Brown University - Department of Economics
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