Biography

Xavier Tierney is a PhD student in the Department of Economics, LSE. They hold a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford university, and an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from LSE. They are interested in work at the intersections of spatial, environmental and development economics. Currently, they are working on a project using quantitative spatial models to understand the costs of assymetric city shape. Other areas of interest include the spatial equilibrium impacts of housing policy, spatial vulnerability to climate change, and the environmental consequences of meat consumption.

Current areas of research include:

• Primary project: city shape: Using quantitative spatial models to understand the costs of asymmetric urban sprawl and lopsided distribution of economic activity within city boundaries.
• Housing policy: equilibrium effects of low income ohusing requirements
• Environment economics: spatial vulnerabilities to climate change; economics of meat alternatives.