Prottoy Aman Akbar
@prottoyakbar
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Economist AP @AaltoUniversity and @HelsinkiGSE studying urban segregation, mobility, congestion, public transit; he/him
Finland
Joined January 2011
RT @mattkahn1966: Here is the January 2024 draft of a really good paper by Amanda Ang. Amanda received her PHD from @usc_econ and I was th…
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RT @ProfDiegoPuga: These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2024 (continues a tradition star…
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RT @HelsinkiGSE: Introducing our 2024-2025 Job Market Candidates, all seeking employment starting Summer 2025. For more information, please…
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RT @mhenkelm: 🚀Join us at the 5th CRED Workshop on Regional & Urban Economics in Bern, Feb 13-14, 2025! Details: ht…
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RT @ProfDiegoPuga: These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2023, continuing with a traditio…
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RT @mherreradappe: 🚨🚨🚨 #EconTwitter, the deadline for paper submission to the 2nd Annual @WorldBank Conference on Transport Economics has…
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RT @whartonknows: If you can drive fast in your city, chances are you live in a rich country. Urban travel speed is 50% faster in rich cou…
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We are hiring a postdoc @AaltoBIZ ! Come hang out with me, @tsaarimaa, @PabloWarnes and other urban/regional economists of @HelsinkiGSE:
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RT @Lea_Bousleiman: Join me on zoom this Monday as I present my paper on the impacts of road closures!
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RT @voxeu: National income explains most of the wide variation in urban driving speeds across countries — mainly because cities in rich cou…
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RT @ChrisSeveren: I’m happy to share that my JMP on 𝗟𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹 finally has a conditional accept at @restatjournal. It only took 6 years…
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RT @nberpubs: National income explains most of the wide variation in urban driving speeds across countries — mainly because cities in riche…
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RT @jessiehandbury: Thanks @CRED_unibern and especially @FredericKluser @maxvehrlich @magontierp @mhenkelm for a productive, thou…
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Mobility and Congestion in Urban India" by Prottoy Akbar, Victor Couture, Gilles Duranton, and Adam Storeygard.
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I am in New Orleans presenting at the #ASSA2023. You might bump into me! 👇 The Fast, the Slow, and the Congested: Urban Transportation in Rich and Poor Countries (joint with Couture, Duranton, and Storeygard)
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RT @Lea_Bousleiman: It's my #JMP thread Time!🚨 I am excited to share my job market paper: "Displacing Congestion: Evidence from Paris" #Eco…
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