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Book Synopsis

A Companion to Urban Economics provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics.

  • Unique in both its rigor and international treatment
  • An ideal supplementary textbook in upper-level undergraduate urban economics courses, or in master''s level and professional courses, providing students with the necessary foundation to tackle more advanced topics in urban economics
  • Contains contributions from the world's leading urban economists


Trade Review
“Provides a broader and more accessible summary of the state of economists’ knowledge about cities...succeeds marvelously in its stated task of providing a fascinating set of essays...an enjoyable book that is a significant contribution to the field.”
Journal of Regional Science

Table of Contents

List of Figures viii

List of Tables xi

Notes on Contributors xiii

Preface xx

PART I URBANIZATION

1 The Micro-Empirics of Agglomeration Economies 7
Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange

2 Human Capital Externalities in Cities: Identification and Policy Issues 24
Gilles Duranton

3 The First Cities 40
Arthur O’Sullivan

4 Cross-Country Patterns of Urban Development 55
Stephen Malpezzi

PART II URBAN LAND USE

5 The Spatial Pattern of Land Use in the United States 77
Elena G. Irwin and Nancy E. Bockstael

6 Monocentric Cities 96
Marvin Kraus

7 Space in General Equilibrium 109
Marcus Berliant and Courtney LaFountain

8 Testing for Monocentricity 128
Daniel P. McMillen

PART III HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE

9 The Economic Theory of Housing Tenure Choice 145
Franz Hubert

10 Housing Policy: Low-Income Households in France 159
Anne Laferrère and David Le Blanc

11 Housing Demand: An International Perspective 179
Miki Seko

12 Discrimination in Mortgage Lending 197
Anthony M. Yezer

13 Commercial Real Estate 211
David Geltner

14 Housing Price Indexes 228
Bradford Case

PART IV URBAN TRANSPORTATION

15 Urban Transport Economic Theory 245
Yoshitsugu Kanemoto

16 Urban Passenger Travel Demand 261
André de Palma, Robin Lindsey, and Nathalie Picard

17 Urban Transportation and Land Use 281
John F. McDonald

18 Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures 292
Piet Rietveld

PART V URBAN PUBLIC ECONOMICS

19 Financing Cities 311
Robert P. Inman

20 Strategic Interaction among Governments 332
Jan K. Brueckner

21 Property and Land Taxation 348
John Douglas Wilson

22 A Theory of Municipal Corporate Governance with an Application to Land-Use Regulation 372
William A. Fischel

PART VI URBAN LABOR MARKETS AND MACROECONOMICS

23 Urban Labor Markets 389
Timothy J. Bartik and Randall W. Eberts

24 A Primer on Spatial Mismatch within Urban Labor Markets 404
Keith R. Ihlanfeldt

25 Urban Labor Economic Theory 418
Yves Zenou

26 Macroeconomic Analysis Using Regional Data: An Application to Monetary Policy 440
Gerald A. Carlino and Robert H. DeFina

27 Measuring and Analyzing Urban Employment Fluctuations 460
N. Edward Coulson

PART VII QUALITY OF LIFE

28 Measuring Quality of Life 483
Glenn C. Blomquist

29 Air Pollution in Cities 502
Matthew E. Kahn

30 Urban Crime, Race, and the Criminal Justice System in the United States 515
Steven Raphael and Melissa Sills

31 Ethnic Segregation and Ghettos 536
Alex Anas

Index 555

A Companion to Urban Economics

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      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/12/2007
      ISBN13: 9781405179683, 978-1405179683
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Companion to Urban Economics provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics.

      • Unique in both its rigor and international treatment
      • An ideal supplementary textbook in upper-level undergraduate urban economics courses, or in master''s level and professional courses, providing students with the necessary foundation to tackle more advanced topics in urban economics
      • Contains contributions from the world's leading urban economists


      Trade Review
      “Provides a broader and more accessible summary of the state of economists’ knowledge about cities...succeeds marvelously in its stated task of providing a fascinating set of essays...an enjoyable book that is a significant contribution to the field.”
      Journal of Regional Science

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures viii

      List of Tables xi

      Notes on Contributors xiii

      Preface xx

      PART I URBANIZATION

      1 The Micro-Empirics of Agglomeration Economies 7
      Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange

      2 Human Capital Externalities in Cities: Identification and Policy Issues 24
      Gilles Duranton

      3 The First Cities 40
      Arthur O’Sullivan

      4 Cross-Country Patterns of Urban Development 55
      Stephen Malpezzi

      PART II URBAN LAND USE

      5 The Spatial Pattern of Land Use in the United States 77
      Elena G. Irwin and Nancy E. Bockstael

      6 Monocentric Cities 96
      Marvin Kraus

      7 Space in General Equilibrium 109
      Marcus Berliant and Courtney LaFountain

      8 Testing for Monocentricity 128
      Daniel P. McMillen

      PART III HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE

      9 The Economic Theory of Housing Tenure Choice 145
      Franz Hubert

      10 Housing Policy: Low-Income Households in France 159
      Anne Laferrère and David Le Blanc

      11 Housing Demand: An International Perspective 179
      Miki Seko

      12 Discrimination in Mortgage Lending 197
      Anthony M. Yezer

      13 Commercial Real Estate 211
      David Geltner

      14 Housing Price Indexes 228
      Bradford Case

      PART IV URBAN TRANSPORTATION

      15 Urban Transport Economic Theory 245
      Yoshitsugu Kanemoto

      16 Urban Passenger Travel Demand 261
      André de Palma, Robin Lindsey, and Nathalie Picard

      17 Urban Transportation and Land Use 281
      John F. McDonald

      18 Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures 292
      Piet Rietveld

      PART V URBAN PUBLIC ECONOMICS

      19 Financing Cities 311
      Robert P. Inman

      20 Strategic Interaction among Governments 332
      Jan K. Brueckner

      21 Property and Land Taxation 348
      John Douglas Wilson

      22 A Theory of Municipal Corporate Governance with an Application to Land-Use Regulation 372
      William A. Fischel

      PART VI URBAN LABOR MARKETS AND MACROECONOMICS

      23 Urban Labor Markets 389
      Timothy J. Bartik and Randall W. Eberts

      24 A Primer on Spatial Mismatch within Urban Labor Markets 404
      Keith R. Ihlanfeldt

      25 Urban Labor Economic Theory 418
      Yves Zenou

      26 Macroeconomic Analysis Using Regional Data: An Application to Monetary Policy 440
      Gerald A. Carlino and Robert H. DeFina

      27 Measuring and Analyzing Urban Employment Fluctuations 460
      N. Edward Coulson

      PART VII QUALITY OF LIFE

      28 Measuring Quality of Life 483
      Glenn C. Blomquist

      29 Air Pollution in Cities 502
      Matthew E. Kahn

      30 Urban Crime, Race, and the Criminal Justice System in the United States 515
      Steven Raphael and Melissa Sills

      31 Ethnic Segregation and Ghettos 536
      Alex Anas

      Index 555

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