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Vincent Rollet

Vincent Rollet studies urban economics and political economy, focusing on how cities grow, housing markets function, and political institutions shape economic outcomes. His doctoral dissertation examined how zoning regulations affect construction and real estate prices and developed new tools to evaluate zoning reforms. His current work studies housing supply, home prices, and neighborhood dynamics. He also studies the political economy of national elections.

He received his PhD in economics from MIT. In 2027, he will join the University of Chicago as a Saieh Family Fellow and subsequently as an assistant professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics.