Faculty/Staff Directory

Laudo

Ogura

ogural@gvsu.edu

Associate Professor

3052 L. William Seidman Center

616-331-7234

• Economics

• Urban & Real Estate Economics
• Local Government Policy

Laudo Ogura earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Sao Paulo, and his M.A. in economics from the University of Brasilia, both in his native Brazil. He got his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• PH.D., Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2005).
• MA, Economics, University of Brasilia, Brazil. (2000).
• BA, Economics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (1996)

• Urban and Real Estate Economics
• Microeconomics

• Ogura, L., Arbex, M. A., Mattos, E. C. (2015). Taxing hard to tax markets. FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, 71(3), 371-384.
• Ogura, L., Nandwa, B. (2013). Local urban growth controls and regional economic growth. The Annals of Regional Science, 51(3), 659-670.
• Ogura, L. (2010). Effects of urban growth controls on intercity commuting. Urban Studies, 47(10), 2173-2193.
• Ogura, L., Mattos, E. C. (2009). Skill differentiation between formal and informal employment. Journal of Economic Studies, 36(5), 461-480.
• Ogura, L. (2006). A note on tax competition, attachment to home and underprovision of public goods. Journal of Urban Economics, 59(3), 252-258.
• Ogura, L. (2005). Urban growth controls and intercity commuting. Journal of Urban Economics, 57(3), 371-390.

• Real Estate Club Student Organization faculty advisor (Fall 2005-Present).