Cody Cook

Cody Cook joins the FAS as Cowles Postdoctoral Associate before joining the Department of Economics as Assistant Professor in July 2025. He is an economist who works at the intersection of public, urban, and labor economics, often focusing on the design and evaluation of policies affecting inequality in cities. His research combines large-scale datasets with tools adapted from industrial organization. Some of his recent work has studied the tradeoffs of building affordable housing in different types of neighborhoods, the distributional effects of congestion pricing, and how preferences for neighborhood amenities vary by household income. He holds a PhD from Stanford GSB and a BA from the University of Chicago.