| Minimum wage effects across state borders: Estimates using contiguous counties A Dube, TW Lester, M Reich The review of economics and statistics 92 (4), 945-964, 2010 | 1744 | 2010 |
| Do frictions matter in the labor market? Accessions, separations, and minimum wage effects A Dube, TW Lester, M Reich | 525* | 2011 |
| The resilient regional labour market? The US case K Chapple, TW Lester Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society 3 (1), 85-104, 2010 | 200 | 2010 |
| Estimating the size and impact of the ecological restoration economy T BenDor, TW Lester, A Livengood, A Davis, L Yonavjak PloS one 10 (6), e0128339, 2015 | 192 | 2015 |
| Evolving subcenters: employment and population densities in Chicago, 1970–2020 DP McMillen, TW Lester Journal of Housing Economics 12 (1), 60-81, 2003 | 147 | 2003 |
| The long term employment impacts of gentrification in the 1990s TW Lester, DA Hartley Regional Science and Urban Economics 45, 80-89, 2014 | 146* | 2014 |
| Innovating the green economy in California regions K Chapple, M Hutson Center for Community Innovation, Berkeley, 2009 | 137* | 2009 |
| Defining and evaluating the ecological restoration economy TK BenDor, A Livengood, TW Lester, A Davis, L Yonavjak Restoration Ecology 23 (3), 209-219, 2015 | 99* | 2015 |
| Firm entry and wages: impact of Wal-Mart growth on earnings throughout the retail sector A Dube, TW Lester, B Eidlin Institute of Industrial Relations Working Paper No. iirwps-126-05, 2007 | 76 | 2007 |
| Making Room for Manufacturing: Understanding Threats to Industrial Land Conversion in Cities TW Lester, N Kaza, S Kirk Journal of the American Planning Association 79 (4), 295-313, 2014 | 73* | 2014 |
| Network governance and regional equity: Shared agendas or problematic partners? TW Lester, S Reckhow Planning Theory 12 (2), 115-138, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Does Chicago’s tax increment financing (TIF) programme pass the ‘but-for’test? Job creation and economic development impacts using time-series data TW Lester Urban Studies 51 (4), 655-674, 2014 | 70 | 2014 |
| The economic integration of immigrants and regional resilience TW Lester, MT Nguyen Journal of Urban Affairs 38 (1), 42-60, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Why regions? Why now? Who cares? M Pastor, TW Lester, J Scoggins Journal of Urban Affairs 31 (3), 269-296, 2009 | 61 | 2009 |
| The spatio-temporal clustering of green buildings in the United States N Kaza, TW Lester, DA Rodriguez Urban Studies 50 (16), 3262-3282, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Labor standards and local economic development: do living wage provisions harm economic growth? TW Lester Journal of Planning Education and Research 32 (3), 331-348, 2012 | 37* | 2012 |
| Assessing the economic impact of alternative biomass uses: Biofuels, wood pellets, and energy production TW Lester, M Little, GJ Jolley Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy 45 (1), 36-46, 2015 | 31* | 2015 |
| The impact of living wage laws on urban economic development patterns and the local business climate: evidence from California cities TW Lester Economic Development Quarterly 25 (3), 237-254, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| California Workforce Education & Training Needs Assessment for Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generation, and Demand Response C Zabin, K Chapple | 31 | 2011 |
| Are America’s inner cities competitive? Evidence from the 2000s DA Hartley, N Kaza, TW Lester Economic Development Quarterly 30 (2), 137-158, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
