Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Laudo

Last Name
Ogura

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Associate Professor

Office
SCB 3052

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
Real Estate Club Student Organization faculty advisor (Fall 2005-Present).

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