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Christian Hilber

@christianhilber.bsky.social
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Prof. of Economic Geography @LSE & Prof. of Real Estate Finance and Economics @UZH. Associate at @CEP. Into urban and real estate economics & policy evaluation.

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Christian Hilber @christianhilber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With governments facing mounting fiscal pressures, can individuals step in when public spending is cut—the idea behind the UK’s “Big Society”? In our new paper, just published in Regional Science & Urban Economics, Steve Gibbons & I find little evidence they do. Open Access doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"Unless Britain tackles the barriers that prevent new housing from being built where it is most needed, the affordability crisis will persist" New from Christian Hilber & Andreas Mense blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/w…
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What the price-to-rent ratio reveals about Britain’s housing crisis | British Politics and Policy at LSE
The consensus that Britain's housing crisis stems from the lack of enough houses being built has received intense criticism lately. That critique is wrong.
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The Economic Journal @theeconjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Forthcoming in EJ: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Price-to-Rent Ratio: Why Are Superstar Cities Different?’ by Christian A L Hilber, Andreas Mense @christianhilber.bsky.social #EconSky Read the blog post 👉 bit.ly/4uNKEQJ
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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New in RSUE: Caring in the Time of Austerity, by Stephen Gibbons, Christian A.L. Hilber. #econsky #urbanecon
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Caring in the Time of Austerity
Publication date: Available online 15 September 2026 Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics Author(s): Stephen Gibbons, Christian A.L. Hilber
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006,” by Lyons (@ronanlyons), Shertzer (@econhist-allday), Gray (@econhistoryorbust), and Agorastos: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006*
Abstract. We construct the first annual market rent and home sales price series for American cities over the 20th century using 2.7 million newspaper real
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Christian Hilber @christianhilber.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The U of Zurich hosts its inaugural Workshop on Real Estate Finance and Economics on June 12-13 in beautiful Zurich. The Call for Papers is now out. Submission deadline is February 16. Accommodation costs for invited speakers and discussants will be covered. www.df.uzh.ch/en/news-even...
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The Zurich-Bern Real Estate Finance and Economics Workshop 2025
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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Call for papers for urban economics and economic geography workshop in Reading next June www.henley.ac.uk/events/unive...
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University of Reading Workshop in Urban Economics and Economic…
5 – 6 June 2025 Having received positive feedback regarding our first workshop in UrbanEconomics and Economic Geography in June 2024, we have decided to…
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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
Great that our new @cep-lse.bsky.social Trade and Urban seminar series kicks off next week. Looking forward to a great set of speakers.
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