The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and Innovation - Edward Glaeser, PhD

Dr. Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992.

Glaeser regularly teaches microeconomic theory, occasionally urban and public economics, and has served as director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston for a decade.

Glaeser has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. Glaeser received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.

Join Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, for his talk at Volpe as part of The Future of Transportation series.

Register now to watch the live-streamed video webinar or attend in person!

 

  • October 26, 2016 at 12:00pm – 12:45pm
  • Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center
    55 Broadway
    Cambridge, MA 02142
    United States
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