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Edward Glaeser is currently (as of 2005) one of
the most dynamic economists in the academia.He was
educated at the prestigious Collegiate school in
New York City before obtaining his B.A from
Princeton and his PhD in Economcis from the
University of Chicago.Glaeser joined the faculty
of Harvard in 1993. He is the director of the
Tauman Center for State and Local Government as
well as an editor of the Quarterly Journal of
Economics. Glaeser's connections with both Chicago
and Harvard makes him a linkage between the
Chicago School of Economics and the Cambridge
school.
=="A Renaissance Man"==
Glaeser has made substantial contribution to the
empirical works on urban economics. In particular,
his works examining the historical evolution of
economic hubs like Boston and  the New York City
has had major influence on both economics as well
as urban geography.
In addition, Glaeser has also written widely on a
variety of other topics, including social
economics,institutional economics, the economics
of hatred and the economics of religion, from both
contemporaneous as well historical perspective.
Despite the seemingly disparaging topic that he
has examined,a unifying theme is readily present
in many of his researches; namely the application
of economic theory, especially game theory as the
main instrument to explain human behaviors,
economic or otherwise.The models developed using
the above method are then confronted with observed
real world evidence,so as to verify their
applicability.
Much of his works on appied economics are done in
collaboration with his Harvard collegeue, Andrei
Shleifer.
==External Links==
*http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgnews/KSGInsight/
Glaeser on the differences between U.S and
European welfare policies
*http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/glaeser
/glaeser.html Glaeser's homepage at the department
of economics