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15 Facts About Matthew Kahn

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Matthew E Kahn was born on 1966 and is a leading American educator in the field of environmental economics.

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Matthew Kahn is the Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California.

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Matthew Kahn began his academic career as an assistant professor of economics and international affairs at Columbia University, and was promoted to associate professor in 1999.

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Matthew Kahn moved to Tufts University as an associate professor of economics in 2000.

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Matthew Kahn joined the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006 as a professor.

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Matthew Kahn had courtesy appointments in the Department of Economics, the Department of Public Policy, the Anderson School of Management, and the law school.

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Matthew Kahn joined the University of Southern California as a professor of economics in 2015, and became chair of the department in 2017.

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Matthew Kahn has taught as a visiting professor at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the National University of Singapore.

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Matthew Kahn is an associate editor of the Journal of Urban Economics and PLOS One.

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Matthew Kahn's research focuses on environmental, urban, real estate and energy economics.

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Matthew Kahn investigates the causes and effects of urban economic growth and related issues of quality of life in cities.

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Matthew Kahn has conducted and published research on public transit, sprawl, and the costs and benefits of environmental regulation in urban settings, as well as a comparison of the carbon footprints of different cities and investigation of how people living in cities are adapting to climate change.

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Matthew Kahn is known for his work on social capital.

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From 2019 to 2021, Matthew Kahn was the director of the 21st Century Cities Initiative.

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Matthew Kahn has more than 21,500 citations in Google Scholar and an h-index of 71.