Marco Gonzalez-Navarro is associate professor in the department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC-Berkeley.  His research focuses on issues in Development Economics, Urban Economics and Political Economy. He has published on cost of living adjustments, subway infrastructure, retail globalization in emerging markets, rural land titling, transport infrastructure, crime, and political economy. He received his B.A. in economics from ITAM in Mexico, his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University, and was previously an assistant professor at University of Toronto. He is a J-PAL, IPA, CEGA and BREAD affiliate.