William B. Thorne

Ph.D., Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, expected 2027 (defended 23 October 2026)
Urban Economics, Real Estate and Housing Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics

I am an applied microeconomist working on housing markets, urban policy, and the political economy of regulation. I am completing my Ph.D. in economics at the CUNY Graduate Center (expected 2027) with a dissertation on second-generation rent control and new construction, and I have taught 44 economics courses at NYU and four CUNY colleges. I am on the 2026–27 job market for academic, research, and policy positions.

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