Patrick Farrell

pwf2108 at columbia dot edu

I am a fourth-year PhD candidate in economics at Columbia University. I am interested in urban and spatial economics, international trade, and economic development.

You can find my CV here.

Papers

Working Papers

Populations in Spatial Equilibrium, with Matthew Easton. June 2025.
[PDF] Received 2023/2024 Vickrey Fellowship for best third-year paper at Columbia.

Work in Progress

Switching Costs in Production, with Eric Verhoogen.
Quality Upgrading in the Colombian Coffee Sector, with Nicolás de Roux, Rocco Macchiavello, Josepa Miquel-Florensa, and Eric Verhoogen.
Quality Complementarities and Pass-Through, with David Atkin, Azam Chaudhry, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal, Danial Lashkari, and Eric Verhoogen.
The Boroughs were Burning: Public Services and Change in Cities.
Export Restrictions as Industrial Policy.

Published Papers

Social Connectedness in Urban Areas, with Michael Bailey, Theresa Kuchler, and Johannes Stroebel. Journal of Urban Economics, volume 118, 2020.
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Teaching

As instructor

Princeton SPIA MPA/PhD Math Camp. Summer 2022, 2023, 2024.

As teaching fellow

Received 2022/2023 Wueller Fellowship for best undergraduate elective teaching fellow at Columbia.

Economic Growth and Development. Fall 2022, for Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin.

International Trade. Spring 2023, for Professor Waseem Noor