Files for Econ 432 (Urban Economics) Spring 2007

  • Syllabus
  • READINGS
  • Rosenthal and Strange: Agglomeration
  • Carlino: Knowledge Spillovers
  • Saxenian: Silicon Valley and Route 128
  • Glaeser: New York City and Boston
  • Coulson: Stadium impact
  • Coulson: Measuring urban fluctuations
  • Chirinko and Wilson: State Tax Incentives"
  • Glaeser: Tax incentives
  • Florida: Creative Class? Yes
  • Malanga: Creative Class? No
  • Brueckner: Sprawl
  • Coulson: Benefits of Homeownership
  • Tucker: Rent Control
  • MORE TECHNICAL PAPERS DISCUSSED IN CLASS; READING OPTIONAL
  • Rapaport and Sachs: Coastal Nation
  • Ellison and Glaeser: Dartboard Agglomeration
  • Blomquist et al: Quality of Life
  • Burchfield et al: Sprawl
  • LECTURE NOTES
  • The market area model
  • A short note on estimating base multipliers
  • Another short note on shift-share analysis
  • A longer set of notes on homeownership
  • A very short note on getting and using Census data
  • PICTURES
  • Shopping Externalities 1
  • Shopping Externalities 2
  • The cause of sprawl
  • Chicago density
  • Chicago income
  • A graphical demonstration of the income gradient
  • A graphical demonstration of in-kind vs. cash transfers
  • HOMEWORK, PAST EXAMS, ETC. (added as needed)
  • Empirical Exercise 1
  • MSA assignment
  • Homework 1
  • Sample questions for first midterm
  • Empirical Exercise 2
  • Homework 2
  • Sample questions for second midterm
  • Homework 3
  • Empirical Exercise 3
  • Sample questions for third midterm