University of Southern California

Peter Gordon

Professor
Interim Director, Graduate Programs in Real Estate

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 321
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Email: pgordon@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-1467
Fax: (213) 740-6170
Website: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon/
Curriculum Vita
Ph.D. in Regional Science
University of Pennsylvania

Expertise
Real estate development, urban economics, regional economics, disaster costs

Biographical Sketch
Peter Gordon, Ph.D., holds a joint appointment with the Department of Economics. His research interests include topics in applied urban and regional economics. Professor Gordon has participated in the development and application of the Southern California Planning Model (SCPM), which has been used to forecast the economic costs of various policies and natural events. Professor Gordon's recent work concerns the interaction of urban settlement patterns and travel demand. He has consulted for a number of international agencies, government departments, and private groups.

Publications
Gordon, P., F.F. Deng and H.W. Richardson, "Private Communities, Market Institutions and Planning"; In N. Verma (Ed.), Institutions and Planning New Brunswick, NJ: CUPR Press.; Forthcoming

Gordon, P. with J.E. Moore II, J. Park and H.W. Richardson, "The Economic Impacts of a Terrorist Attack on the U.S. Commercial Aviation System"; Risk Analysis; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson and J.E. Moore II, The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorist Attacks; Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with B. Lee, "The U.S. Context for Highway Congestion Pricing"; Road Congestion Pricing: Lessons from Europe and Implications for the United States, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., Post-Katrina: Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis and Social Implications; (Editor, with J.E. Moore II, H.W. Richardson). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with J.E. Moore II, J. Park, Q. Pan and H.W. Richardson, "The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks on the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach"; Real Estate, Catastrophic Risk, and Public Policy. Berkeley: University of California Press; Forthcoming

Gordon, P. with S. Jim, Y. Kim, J.E. Moore, J. Park and H.W. Richardson, "Estimating the State-by-State Economic Impacts of Hurricane Katrina"; Post-Katrina: Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis and Social Implications. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with S. Cho, J.E. Moore II and H.W. Richardson, "The Economic Effects of Highway Widening: Tolled Lanes vs. General Purpose Lanes – Using an Integrated Impact Model"; Road Congestion Pricing: Lessons from Europe and Implications for the United States. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, "The Debate on Sprawl and Compact Cities: Thoughts Based on the Congress of New Urbanism Charter"; in H.S. Geyer (Ed.), Handbook of Urban Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, "Policies for Urban Terrorism"; Handbook of Urban Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with J. Park, J.E. Moore II, and H.W. Richardson, "Simulating The State-by-State Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Three Major U.S. Ports: Applying NIEMO (National Interstate Economic Model)"; in H.W. Richardson, P. Gordon and J.E. Moore II, eds., The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Gordon, P., with J.E. Moore II, S.J. Kim, J. Park ,Q. Pan and H.W. Richardson, "Tourism and Terrorism: The National and Interregional Economic Impacts of Attacks on Major U.S. Theme Parks"; in H.W. Richardson, P. Gordon and J.E. Moore II (Eds.), The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming

Zheng, D., with Y. Deng, P. Gordon and D. Dale-Johnson, "An Examination of the Impact of Rent Control on Mobile Home Prices in California"; Journal of Housing Economics, 16, 209-242; 2007

Giuliano, G., P. Gordon, Q. Pan, J. Park and L. Wang, "Estimating Freight Flows for Metropolitan Highway Networks Using Secondary Data Sources"; Transportation Research Circular E-C088, 154-158. Proceedings of July 2005 TRB Commodity Flow Survey Conference; 2006

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson and J.E. Moore II, The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks; Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2006

Gordon, P., "Counterurbanization"; Ch 32 in Companion Encyclopedia of Geography, Ian Douglas, et al. (Eds.), New York: Routledge; 2006

Gordon, P., with J.E. Moore II and Q. Pan, "The Economic Impact of a Terrorist Attack on the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach"; The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks (co-Editor, with H.W. Richardson and J.E. Moore II), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2006

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, J.E. Moore II and Q. Pan, "The Costs of a Terrorist Attack on Terminal Island at the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach"; Protecting the Nation’s Seaports: Balancing Cost and Security (Editors, J. Haveman and H. Schatz). Public Policy Institute of California: San Francisco; 2006

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, L.S. Bourne, D. Plane, J. Simmons, C. Petrie and B.S. Lee, Global Regions: Core-Peripheral Population and Economic Flows ; .S. Geyer and P. Nijkamp (Eds.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 2006

Gordon, P., and H.W. Richardson, "The Economic Impacts of the 2000 Arizona Citizens' Growth Management Initiative"; In C.H.C. Bae and D. Miller (Eds.), Growth management policies in the United States, Japan and Korea. Aldershot: Ashgate; 2006

Gordon, P., with D. An, J.E. Moore II and H.W. Richardson, "Regional Economic Models for Performance Based Earthquake Engineering"; American Society of Civil Engineers / Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center Natural Hazards Review; 2004

Gordon, P., with J. Moore II, H.W. Richardson, M. Shinozuka, D. An and S. Cho, "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Transportation Systems: An Integrated Methodology that Builds on the Kobe and Northridge Experiences"; in Stephanie Chang and Yasuhide Okuyama (Eds.), Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters. Springer Verlag; 2004

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, "Exit and Voice in U.S. Settlement Change"; The Review of Austrian Economics 17 (2/3); 2004

Gordon, P., with L. Wang, "Does Economic Performance Correlate With Big Government?"; Economic Journal Watch 1(2); 2004

Gordon, P., with J.E. Moore II, J.J. Kuprenas, P. Lee, H.W. Richardson and Q. Pan, "Cost Analysis Methodology for Advanced Treatment of Stormwater: The Los Angeles Case"; Journal of Construction Research 5 (2): 1-22; 2004

Gordon, P., with D. An, J. Moore II and H.W.Richardson, "Regional Economic Models for Performance Based Earthquake Engineering"; American Society of Civil Engineers / Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center Natural Hazards Review, 5(4): 188-194; 2004

Gordon, P., with D. Beito and A. Tabarrok, "The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society"; Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of Urban America, Eran Ben-Joseph and Terry Szold (Eds.) ; 2004

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, "US Population and Employment Trends and Sprawl Issues"; H.W. Richardson and C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States; 2004

Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, "Sustainable Portland? A Critique, and the Los Angeles Counterpoint,"; in A. Sorensen, P.J. Marcutullio and J. Grant (Eds.), Towards Sustainable Cities: East Asian, North American and European Perspectives on Managing Urban Regions; 2004

Gordon, P., with J.E. Moore II, H.W. Richardson, and S. Cho, "Integrating Transportation Network and Regional Economic Models to Estimate the Costs of a Large Urban Earthquake"; The Economics of Natural Hazards; 2004

Gordon, P., with D. Beito and A. Tabarrok (Eds.), The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society; Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press; 2002

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