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Urban Economics and Real Estate: Theory and PolicyNovember 2006, ©2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Provides a comprehensive approach to the economic factors that both define and affect modern urban areas, considering the economics of cities as a whole, rather than separating them into isolated topics
- Analyzes topics such as urban housing, real estate markets, growth, and social and policy issues, and how these affect the economic functioning of a city
- Includes in-depth discussions of real estate markets and policy issues
- Considers the changing role of the city in economic life, and the effects of social problems, such as crime, poverty, and education that often accompany these changes
- Offers a dedicated author-hosted website containing supplemental material, available at http://www.uic.edu/~mcmillen.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: Economics and Urban Areas:.
1. Introduction to Urban Economics.
2. Schools of Thought in Urban Economics.
3. Location Decisions, Agglomeration Economies, and the Origins of Cities.
4. The Economic Functions of Cities.
Part II: Location Patterns in Urban Areas:.
5. Introduction to Urban Location Patterns: Static Analysis.
6. Using the Monocentric City Model.
7. Empirical Testing of the Moncentric City Model.
Part III: Urban Housing and Real Estate:.
8. Housing in Urban Areas.
9. Housing Policy in the United States.
10. Real Estate Law and Institutions.
11. Real Estate Markets.
12. Real Estate Development and Investment.
Part IV: Government in Urban Areas:.
13. The Public Sector in Urban Areas.
14. Urban Transportation.
Part V: Urban Social Problems:.
15. An Overview of Urban Social Problems.
16. Urban Poverty and Its Spatial Concentration.
17. Crime in Urban Areas.
18. Education, Labor Markets, and Migration.
Part VI: Urban Growth:.
19. Models of Metropolitan Economic Growth.
20. Agglomeration Economies, Technical Change, and Urban Growth.
21. Economic Development Policies for Urban Areas.
Appendix: A Review of Some Mathematics and Microeconomic Theory.
Answers to Selected Exercises.
Index
Daniel P. McMillen is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Urban Real Estate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is also a Research Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is a member of the editorial boards of several urban economics and real estate journals, including the Journal of Urban Economics and Real Estate Economics, and is co-editor, with Richard J. Arnott, of A Companion to Urban Economics (Blackwell, 2006).
- Provides a comprehensive approach to the economic factors that both define and affect modern urban areas, considering the economics of cities as a whole, rather than separating them into isolated topics
- Analyzes topics such as urban housing, real estate markets, growth, and social and policy issues, and how these affect the economic functioning of a city
- Includes in-depth discussions of real estate markets and policy issues
- Considers the changing role of the city in economic life, and the effects of social problems, such as crime, poverty, and education that often accompany these changes
- Offers a dedicated author-hosted website containing supplemental material at http://www.uic.edu/~mcmillen
Glenn Blomquist, University of Kentucky
“This book expertly melds theory and empirical hypothesis testing. McDonald and McMillen deftly convey why urban economics is such an exciting field of study. Students will be fascinated.”
Matthew Kahn, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
“This book is a winner. Its skillful blend of real estate, urban microeconomics, and urban growth will meet the needs of nearly every urban economics course. McDonald and McMillen have produced an outstanding text.”
Edward Coulson, Pennsylvania State University
“This masterful book by two of the most active researchers and clearest expositors in urban economics renders cutting-edge research on contemporary issues accessible to the general reader. Its fresh perspective yields both precision and incisiveness.”
Marcus Berliant, Washington University, St. Louis
