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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Some good coverage of my working paper on housing filtering in The Atlantic today. The paper itself, The Downmarket Impact of New Multifamily Housing: Evidence from a Honolulu Condo Tower, is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Even more evidence that building new housing decreases rents: Researchers tracked the residents of a newly built luxury condo building and found that they freed up less expensive apartments nearby. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Using detailed address-level microdata, we trace movement chains originating with
the initial residents of The Central and document three main findings. First, we show
the building generated a substantial number of local vacancies. We identify 180 specific
addresses that became vacant because of moves into The Central. Scaling to account
for data coverage suggests the new tower induced more than 500 local vacancies in
the three years after construction, by setting off chains of moves. Second, while The
Central units were expensive on a per-square-foot basis, the homes vacated by movers
were significantly cheaper. Homes left behind by those moving into The Central were
about 40% less expensive. Unlike much of the prior literature, which track the changing
neighborhood characteristics of movers

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Dylan T. Moore @dylantmoore.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Want to live and work in this beautiful mountain valley in Hawaiʻi? #econsky The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) is hiring for 2 TT positions: -> Public Finance/Tax: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... -> Macro/tourism/forecasting: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... More below 1/5

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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

New working paper posted on recent US experiences with fare-free transit service: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🚨 We're hiring for 2 tenure track Economics positions at the University of Hawai'i🚨 ☀️ 🏖️ 🌴 🤙 #econsky 1) www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... 2) www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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Next City @nextcity.org · 04/06/2025

With nighttime pedestrian deaths on the rise, new research on the link between moonlight and pedestrian fatalities suggests that even minimal lighting interventions to dangerous roads can save lives. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My paper, Road Illumination and Nighttime Pedestrian Deaths: Evidence from Moonlight, is now published at Economics of Transportation. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kptw_oIvi...

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Nick Grube @nickgrube.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Our latest investigation with @propublica.org found that FEMA sidestepped its own policies when setting up a housing program for Maui wildfire survivors. As a result, some people were pushed out of their homes by landlords seeking higher rents. www.civilbeat.org/2024/11/maui...

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FEMA’s Plan For Maui Wildfire Survivors Lacked Safeguards For Residents

FEMA’s Plan for Maui Wildfire Survivors Lacked Safeguards for Residents

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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Honolulu is considering an Empty Homes Tax. 🏘️ I crunched some numbers on the possible impacts on available local housing and county revenue. There's significant uncertainty, but the potential benefits are large. uhero.hawaii.edu/a-honolulu-e...

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A Honolulu Empty Homes Tax: Impacts on Housing Supply and County Revenue - UHERO

By Justin Tyndall Honolulu faces an acute housing shortage, yet tens of thousands of homes sit empty. Bill 46 would create a new property tax that applies to empty homes. The policy aims to achieve tw...

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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

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Justin Tyndall @justintyndall.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

My new paper, The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death risk, was just published at #Economics of #Transportation. I use vehicle design measurements to test for the effect of taller vehicles on pedestrian outcomes in crashes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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