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Robert Helsley is the Grosvenor Professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, where he specializes in cities, business economics, and public policy. He holds a B.S. from the University of Oregon and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. His research primarily focuses on urban public economics, exploring themes such as agglomeration, city formation by developers, urban spatial structures, land pricing, and the provision of collective goods. In addition, Helsley examines issues related to the private governance of economics, crime, and urban political economics. He has contributed to various academic publications, including studies on co-agglomeration and urban structures in journals such as the Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Urban Economics. He teaches Managerial Economics in the MBA program at UBC. His extensive background and research have established him as a significant figure in the field of urban economics.
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