Stephan Heblich is an Associate Professor and Munk Chair of Economics at the University of Toronto, with a cross-appointment to the Department of Economics. Previously, he has worked at the University of Bristol and the University of Stirling in the UK. His research looks at spatial disparities in the distribution of consumptive or productive amenities that attract individuals or firms. This helps explain spatial variation in house prices, the share of high-skilled workers, innovative activities, entrepreneurship, or economic development. Another stream of research focuses on causes and consequences of regional disparities in voting behavior. To establish causality, Stephan often studies historic developments that explain present-day economic outcomes. This explains his interest in economic history.
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Communication costs, science, and innovation
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The impact of public employment: Evidence from West Germany’s post-war capital Bonn
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- Labour Markets
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Leadership as a driving force of history: Evidence from the Forty-Eighters in the American Civil War
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- Economic history
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The making of the modern metropolis: Evidence from London
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- Economic history 
- Labour Markets 
- Productivity and Innovation
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A new approach to identifying causal mechanisms: With an application to the effect of trade on labour markets and politics
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- Frontiers of economic research 
- International trade