Martin T. Katzman

• Chemical catastrophes
• Chemical contamination and its victims
• Cities and frontiers in Brazil
• Solar and wind energy
• The political economy of urban schools
• Development incentives to induce efficiencies in capital markets
• Economic development and resource conservation
• Regional development
• The Brazilian frontier in comparative perspective
• The impact of growth poles and growth corridors on the settlement of the state of Goias, Brazil
• The quality of municipal services, central city decline, and middle class flight
• The Von Thuenen paradigm, the industrial-urban hypothesis, and the spatial structure of agriculture