Spatial economics · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
My research focuses on structural urban economics, using quantitative spatial urban models to study the economic impacts of cross-border labor mobility and taxation on housing markets, labor market outcomes, and individual well-being.
Publication · 2026
with Pierre M. Picard · Journal of Urban Economics 155, 103904
Floorspace prices jump sharply at Luxembourg's borders with Belgium, France and Germany. Differences in tax rates and tax importing account for 8% and 13% of the jump; productivity and amenities explain the rest.
Interactive tool Beta
Apartment price indices for Luxembourg's communes and cadastral sections, 2007–2021, and the price jump at the Luxembourg–Germany border. A companion to the JUE paper.
Working paper
with Pierre M. Picard
A spatial general-equilibrium model of Luxembourg and its cross-border commuting region, used to measure what congestion relief does to output, welfare and fiscal revenues.