[2] Brueckner is a fellow of the Regional Science Association International,[3] and of the Air Transport Research Society.
He has provided theoretical motivation regarding spatial econometric examination of strategic interactions among local governments, and is one of the first to demonstrate the usage of economic theory in producing spatial econometric model specifications.
[15] He also showed that choosing local public spending to maximize property values leads to economic efficiency,[16] and discussed the relationship between airline traffic and employment in US metropolitan areas.
[17] Brueckner evaluated mortgage-market equilibrium in a situation when borrower default costs are private information.
[18] He also analyzed the portfolio choices of homeowners, focusing on the investment constraint introduced by Henderson and Ioannides (1983).
[19] Furthermore, he explored the problem of optimal space allocation in shopping centers in the presence of inter-store externalities.