Faculty/Staff Directory
Faculty/Staff Directory
First Name
Laudo
Last Name
Ogura
Email
ogural@gvsu.edu
Title
Associate Professor
Office
3052 L. William Seidman Center
Phone
616-331-7234
Department
- Economics
Expertise
- Urban & Real Estate Economics
- Local Government Policy
Biography
Laudo Ogura earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Sao Paulo, and his M.A. in economics from the University of Brasilia, both in his native Brazil. He got his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Education
- PH.D., Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2005).
- MA, Economics, University of Brasilia, Brazil. (2000).
- BA, Economics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (1996)
Teaching Areas
- Urban and Real Estate Economics
- Microeconomics
Publications
- Ogura, L., Arbex, M. A., Mattos, E. C. (2015). Taxing hard to tax markets. FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, 71(3), 371-384.
- Ogura, L., Nandwa, B. (2013). Local urban growth controls and regional economic growth. The Annals of Regional Science, 51(3), 659-670.
- Ogura, L. (2010). Effects of urban growth controls on intercity commuting. Urban Studies, 47(10), 2173-2193.
- Ogura, L., Mattos, E. C. (2009). Skill differentiation between formal and informal employment. Journal of Economic Studies, 36(5), 461-480.
- Ogura, L. (2006). A note on tax competition, attachment to home and underprovision of public goods. Journal of Urban Economics, 59(3), 252-258.
- Ogura, L. (2005). Urban growth controls and intercity commuting. Journal of Urban Economics, 57(3), 371-390.
Service
- Department, Student Interaction Committee (Winter 2017 - Present)
- College, Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee (Fall 2014 - Present)
- University, Faculty Facilities Planning Advisory Committee (Fall 2018 Present)