Kirdan Lees, PhD
A PhD-trained empirical economist, over the past decade I have worked with both central and local government to make improvements that unlock potential in our local communities.
New Zealand can get so much more from improving how our housing and land markets perform.
This matters not just for the opportunity to shift away from low-quality, poorly located housing that is too costly. We can use land more efficiently to help meet climate change objectives too.
Economics is part of the solution. It gives the toolkit to show the logic, incentives, and trade-offs behind public policy decisions across investments and regulations that seek to improve our institutions and practices.
Much of my best work is establishing strong frameworks for the evidence base. Then I draw on a wide range of quantitative techniques to pin down precisely which effects will dominate a policy decision or business investment opportunity.
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