Eyayaw Beze

Urban economist and data enthusiast.
Eyayaw

I'm Eyayaw, a Ph.D. urban/regional economist by training, and data scientist by passion. You can poke at my dissertation here. I share thoughts and insights about academic life, research workflows, and programming{tutorials,deep dives,tips}, and cli tools on my blog. I swing around 🇳🇱 & 🇩🇪.

An avid fan of oss, particularly of R, Python, & DuckDB.

⚽ A Proud Manchester United fan since 2005!

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Research Projects

Testing the Gradient Predictions of the Monocentric City Model in Addis Ababa

SSRN Pre-print | Code

New empirical evidence confirming key predictions of the monocentric city model in a developing country context using real estate data from Addis Ababa.

The impact of COVID-19 on real estate markets in Germany

German Economic Review | Code

Examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the German housing market, finding minimal changes in house rents and prices in favor of suburban areas and attributing differences from the US “donut effect” to cultural and structural factors.

Geographic Constraints and the Housing Supply Elasticity in Germany

Ruhr Economic Papers #1003 | Code

Estimates the price elasticity of housing supply and the impact of geographic constraints in Germany from 2008-2019 using the Bartik instrument. The housing supply is, on average, inelastic, about 0.23 across counties, with highly (land) developed counties showing lower elasticity.

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