Sean McCulloch

Hi, I’m Sean McCulloch. I’m a PhD candidate in economics at Brown University. My research interests are in urban economics, applied econometrics, and industrial organization.

Before starting my PhD, I worked as a RA for Joseph Gyourko and Todd Sinai at the Wharton School. In the Fall 2025 semester I will be a visiting student at Wharton.

My CV is here.

Research

MSTK2025

Sewers and Urbanization in the Developing World

Sean McCulloch, Matthew Schaelling, Matthew Turner, and Toru Kitagawa

NBER Working Paper, 2025

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@article{MSTK2025,
  title = {Sewers and Urbanization in the Developing World},
  author = {McCulloch, Sean and Schaelling, Matthew and Turner, Matthew and Kitagawa, Toru},
  journal = {NBER Working Paper,},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://www.nber.org/papers/w33597},
}

GM2024

The Distaste for Housing Density

Joseph Gyourko and Sean McCulloch

NBER Working Paper, 2024

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@article{mccullochgyourko2024,
  title = {The Distaste for Housing Density},
  author = {Gyourko, Joseph and McCulloch, Sean},
  journal = {NBER Working Paper,},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://www.nber.org/papers/w33078},
}

GM2023

Minimum Lot Size Restrictions: Impacts on Urban Form and House Price at the Border

Joseph Gyourko and Sean McCulloch

NBER Working Paper, 2023

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@article{mccullochgyourko2023,
  title = {Minimum Lot Size Restrictions: Impacts on Urban Form and House Price at the Border},
  author = {Gyourko, Joseph and McCulloch, Sean},
  journal = {NBER Working Paper,},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://www.nber.org/papers/w31710},
}