W. Walker Hanlon is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University. His research draws on history in order to improve our understanding of the process of innovation, urban growth, and the environmental consequences of economic activity. He received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 2012.
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Communication costs, science, and innovation
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Temperature, disease, and death: What history tells us about adapting to rising temperatures in a high-mortality environment
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- Economic history 
- Environment 
- Health Economics
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Innovation spillovers and market structure: Evidence from the interwar aircraft industry
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- Competition Policy 
- Economic history 
- Productivity and Innovation
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Censorship, family planning, and the historical fertility transition
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- Development 
- Economic history