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<p>List of Figures viii</p> <p>List of Tables xi</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xiii</p> <p>Preface xx</p> <p><b>PART I URBANIZATION</b></p> <p>1 The Micro-Empirics of Agglomeration Economies 7<br /><i>Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange</i></p> <p>2 Human Capital Externalities in Cities: Identification and Policy Issues 24<br /><i>Gilles Duranton</i></p> <p>3 The First Cities 40<br /><i>Arthur O’Sullivan</i></p> <p>4 Cross-Country Patterns of Urban Development 55<br /><i>Stephen Malpezzi</i></p> <p><b>PART II URBAN LAND USE</b></p> <p>5 The Spatial Pattern of Land Use in the United States 77<br /><i>Elena G. Irwin and Nancy E. Bockstael</i></p> <p>6 Monocentric Cities 96<br /><i>Marvin Kraus</i></p> <p>7 Space in General Equilibrium 109<br /><i>Marcus Berliant and Courtney LaFountain</i></p> <p>8 Testing for Monocentricity 128<br /><i>Daniel P. McMillen</i></p> <p><b>PART III HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE</b></p> <p>9 The Economic Theory of Housing Tenure Choice 145<br /><i>Franz Hubert</i></p> <p>10 Housing Policy: Low-Income Households in France 159<br /><i>Anne Laferrère and David Le Blanc</i></p> <p>11 Housing Demand: An International Perspective 179<br /><i>Miki Seko</i></p> <p>12 Discrimination in Mortgage Lending 197<br /><i>Anthony M. Yezer</i></p> <p>13 Commercial Real Estate 211<br /><i>David Geltner</i></p> <p>14 Housing Price Indexes 228<br /><i>Bradford Case</i></p> <p><b>PART IV URBAN TRANSPORTATION</b></p> <p>15 Urban Transport Economic Theory 245<br /><i>Yoshitsugu Kanemoto</i></p> <p>16 Urban Passenger Travel Demand 261<br /><i>André de Palma, Robin Lindsey, and Nathalie Picard</i></p> <p>17 Urban Transportation and Land Use 281<br /><i>John F. McDonald</i></p> <p>18 Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures 292<br /><i>Piet Rietveld</i></p> <p><b>PART V URBAN PUBLIC ECONOMICS</b></p> <p>19 Financing Cities 311<br /><i>Robert P. Inman</i></p> <p>20 Strategic Interaction among Governments 332<br /><i>Jan K. Brueckner</i></p> <p>21 Property and Land Taxation 348<br /><i>John Douglas Wilson</i></p> <p>22 A Theory of Municipal Corporate Governance with an Application to Land-Use Regulation 372<br /><i>William A. Fischel</i></p> <p><b>PART VI URBAN LABOR MARKETS AND MACROECONOMICS</b></p> <p>23 Urban Labor Markets 389<br /><i>Timothy J. Bartik and Randall W. Eberts</i></p> <p>24 A Primer on Spatial Mismatch within Urban Labor Markets 404<br /><i>Keith R. Ihlanfeldt</i></p> <p>25 Urban Labor Economic Theory 418<br /><i>Yves Zenou</i></p> <p>26 Macroeconomic Analysis Using Regional Data: An Application to Monetary Policy 440<br /><i>Gerald A. Carlino and Robert H. DeFina</i></p> <p>27 Measuring and Analyzing Urban Employment Fluctuations 460<br /><i>N. Edward Coulson</i></p> <p><b>PART VII QUALITY OF LIFE</b></p> <p>28 Measuring Quality of Life 483<br /><i>Glenn C. Blomquist</i></p> <p>29 Air Pollution in Cities 502<br /><i>Matthew E. Kahn</i></p> <p>30 Urban Crime, Race, and the Criminal Justice System in the United States 515<br /><i>Steven Raphael and Melissa Sills</i></p> <p>31 Ethnic Segregation and Ghettos 536<br /><i>Alex Anas</i></p> <p>Index 555</p>

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<b>Richard J. Arnott</b> is Professor of Economics at Boston College, Massachusetts. His recent research focuses on the economics of urban transportation and he is author of <i>Alleviating Urban Traffic Congestion</i> (with Tilmann Rave and Ronnie Schöb, 2005). He has extensive editorial experience, including serving as an editor for the journals <i>Regional Science and Urban Economics</i> and <i>Journal of Economic Geography</i> and for the books <i>Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey</i> (1994) and <i>Economics for an Imperfect World: Essays in Honor of Joseph E. Stiglitz</i> (2003).<br /> <p><br /> </p> <p><b>Daniel P. McMillen</b> is Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a member of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. His articles have been published in such journals as <i>Review of Economics and Statistics</i>, <i>Journal of Urban Economics</i>, <i>Regional Science and Urban Economics</i>, <i>Journal of Business and Economic Statistics</i>, and <i>Real Estate Economics.</i> He is co-author, with John McDonald, of <i>Urban Economics and Real Estate: Theory and Policy</i> (Blackwell, 2007).</p>

Urban economics is a dynamic, constantly evolving subject, central to the study and practice of economics. Unique in both its rigor and international treatment, <i>A Companion to Urban Economics</i> provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics. The text provides a set of expert, conceptually interesting, and engagingly written essays that together demonstrate the spirit of modern urban economics. This <i>Companion</i> provides an ideal supplement to urban economic textbooks in upper-level undergraduate urban economics courses or in master's level and professional courses, and will provide students with the background needed to address advanced topics in urban economics.

“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.”<br /> <i>Journal of Regional Science</i>

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