Xavier Tierney is a PhD student in the Department of Economics. He works at the intersections of spatial, environmental and development economics. Currently, he is working on a project using quantitative spatial models to understand the costs of asymmetric city shape. His other areas of interest include the spatial equilibrium impacts of housing policy, spatial vulnerability to climate change, and the environmental consequences of meat consumption.

Xavier has a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford, and an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from LSE. 

Research Interests
Urban Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics

Work in Progress Papers
Investigating the economics of fake meat and (seperately) the role of firm-firm relationships in developing countries. 

Supervisors
Gharad Bryan
Daniel Sturm

Research Centre
STICERD