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Reseña: Urban economics is a dynamic, constantly evolving subject, central to the study and practice of economics. Unique in both its rigor and international treatment, 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. The text provides a set of expert, conceptually interesting, and engagingly written essays that together demonstrate the spirit of modern urban economics. This Companion 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.

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indice: List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: Urbanization:1. The Micro-Empirics of Agglomeration Economies: Stuart S. Rosenthal (Syracuse University) and William C. Strange (University of Toronto)2. Human Capital Externalities in Cities: Identification and Policy Issues: Gilles Duranton (University of Toronto)3. The First Cities: Arthur O'Sullivan (Lewis & Clark College)4. Cross-Country Patterns of Urban Development: Stephen Malpezzi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)Part II: Urban Land Use:5. The Spatial Pattern of Land Use in the United States: Elena G. Irwin (Ohio State University) and Nancy E. Bockstael (University of Maryland) 6. Monocentric Cities: Marvin Kraus (Boston College)7. Space in General Equilibrium: Marcus Berliant (Washington University) and Courtney LaFountain (University of Texas)8. Testing for Monocentricity: Daniel P. McMillen (University of Illinois)Part III: Housing and Real Estate:9. The Economic Theory of Housing Tenure Choice: Franz Hubert (Humboldt University)10. Housing Policy: Low-Income Households in France: Anne Laferrere (INSEE) and David Le Blanc (World Bank)11. Housing Demand: An International Perspective: Miki Seko (Keio University) 12. Discrimination in Mortgage Lending: Anthony M. Yezer (The George Washington University)13. Commercial Real Estate: David Geltner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)14. Housing Price Indexes: Bradford Case (Federal Reserve Board)Part IV: Urban Transportation:15. Urban Transport Economic Theory: Yoshitsugu Kanemoto (University of Tokyo)16. Urban Passenger Travel Demand: Andre de Palma (Universite de Cergy-Pontoise), Robin Lindsey (University of Alberta), and Nathalie Picard (Universite de Cergy-Pontoise)17. Urban Transportation and Land Use: John F. McDonald (University of Illinois)18. Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures: Piet Rietveld (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Part V: Urban Public Economics:19. Financing Cities: Robert P. Inman (University of Pennsylvania)20. Strategic Interaction among Governments: Jan K. Brueckner (University of California, Irvine)21. Property and Land Taxation: John Douglas Wilson (Michigan State University)22. A Theory of Municipal Corporate Governance with an Application to Land-Use Regulation: William A. Fischel (Dartmouth College)Part VI: Urban Labor Markets and Macroeconomics:23. Urban Labor Markets: Timothy J. Bartik (W. E. Upjohn Institute) and Randall W. Eberts (W. E. Upjohn Institute)24. A Primer on Spatial Mismatch within Urban Labor Markets: Keith R. Ihlanfeldt (Florida State University)25. Urban Labor Economic Theory: Yves Zenou (Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm)26. Macroeconomic Analysis Using Regional Data: An Application to Monetary Policy: Gerald A. Carlino (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) and Robert H. DeFina (Villanova University)27. Measuring and Analyzing Urban Employment Fluctuations: N. Edward Coulson (Pennsylvania State University)Part VII: Quality of Life:28. Measuring Quality of Life: Glenn C. Blomquist (University of Kentucky)29. Air Pollution in Cities: Matthew E. Kahn (Tufts University)30. Urban Crime, Race, and the Criminal Justice System in the United States: Stephen Raphael (University of California, Berkeley) and Melissa Sills (University of California, Berkeley)31. Ethnic Segregation and Ghettos: Alex Anas (State University of New York)Index

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