Alvin D. Murphy

Curriculum Vitae

• CV

Research Interests

• Public Economics, Urban Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics

Publications

• Estimating the Willingness-to-Pay to Avoid Violent Crime: A Dynamic Approach, with Kelly Bishop, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol 101, No 3, (May 2011)
• Explaining Cross-Racial Differences in Teenage Labor Force Participation: Results from a General Equilibrium Search Model, with Tom Ahn, Peter Arcidiacono, and Omari Swinton, Journal of Econometrics, Vol 156, No 1, (May 2010)

Working Papers

• A Dynamic Model of Demand for Houses and Neighborhoods, with Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, and Christopher Timmins, revise and resubmit at Econometrica.
• Estimating Neighborhood Choice Models: Lessons from a Housing Assistance Experiment, with Sebastian Galiani and Juan Pantano, revise and resubmit at American Economic Review.
• A Two-Sided Entry Model with Manufacturer-Retailer Contracts, with Tat Chan and Li Wang, revise and resubmit at RAND Journal of Economics.
• A Dynamic Model of Housing Supply, under review

Work in Progress

• Incorporating Dynamic Behavior into the Hedonic Model, with Kelly Bishop
• Predictable Appreciation, Market Efficiency, and the Estimation of Hedonic Models, with Kelly Bishop
• The Effect of Neighborhood Spillovers on Mortgage Selection, with Ruben Hernandez-Murillo and Rajdeep Sengupta
• Valuing Time-Varying Attributes using the Hedonic Model: When is a Dynamic Approach Necessary? with Kelly Bishop

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, Duke University, 2003-2008
• M.A. Economics, University College Dublin, 2001-2002
• B.A. Economics and Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, 1996-2000