
A companion to urban economics
Title:
A companion to urban economics
Author:
Arnott, Richard.
ISBN:
9781405179683
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008, c2006.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 574 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Blackwell companions to contemporary economics ; 4
Series Title:
Blackwell companions to contemporary economics ; 4
Contents:
The micro-empirics of agglomeration economies / Human capital externalities in cities : identification and policy issues / The first cities / Cross-country patterns of urban development / The spatial pattern of land use in the United States / Monocentric cities / Space in general equilibrium / Testing for monocentricity / The economic theory of housing tenure choice / Housing policy : low-income households in France / Housing demand : an international perspective / Discrimination in mortgage lending / Commercial real estate / Housing price indexes / Urban transport economic theory / Urban passenger travel demand / Urban transportation and land use / Urban transport policies : the Dutch struggle with market failures and policy failures / Financing cities / Strategic interaction among governments / Property and land taxation / A theory of municipal corporate governance with an application to land-use regulation / Urban labor markets / A primer on spatial mismatch within urban labor markets / Urban labor economic theory / Macroeconomic analysis using regional data : an application to monetary policy / Measuring and analyzing urban employment fluctuations / Measuring quality of life / Air pollution in cities / Urban crime, race, and the criminal justice system in the United States / Ethnic segregation and ghettos
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Electronic Access:
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