Lecture Notes In Urban Economics And Urban Policy

by John Yinger

Overview

Lecture Notes in Urban Economics and Urban Policy provides a wide-ranging introduction to urban economics and urban policy by Professor John Yinger, one of the world's leading scholars in urban economics. It draws on his extensive teaching and publication record to provide detailed lecture notes for both a PhD level course in urban economics and a master's level course in urban policy. Both the US and the world populations are becoming more and more urbanized, and these notes are designed to help scholars learn and teach about the factors that determine urban residential structure and that lead to urban problems such as inadequate housing, concentrated poverty, an inequitable distribution of local public services, racial and ethnic discrimination in housing, and traffic congestion. Although these notes focus on the US, many of the lessons in the notes apply to other countries as well. They also draw on Professor Yinger's extensive teaching experience and publication record in urban economics and should prove useful to many scholars who want to teach about or study urban areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813222199
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/09/2018
Series:	World Scientific Lecture Notes In Economics , #4
Pages:	644
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

About the Author v

Introduction xi

Part 1 Urban Economics 1

Lecture 1 The Basic Urban Model 1: Assumptions 3

Lecture 2 The Basic Urban Model 2: Solutions 15

Lecture 3 The Basic Urban Model 3: Comparative Statics 31

Lecture 4 More General Treatment of Housing Demand 39

Lecture 5 Estimating Housing Demand 49

Lecture 6 The Urban Transportation System 59

Lecture 7 Multiple Worksites and Full Labor Markets 77

Lecture 8 Household Heterogeneity 95

Lecture 9 Testing Urban Models 115

Lecture 10 Neightborhood Amenities 127

Lecture 11 Bidding and Sorting: The Theory of Local Public Finance 141

Lecture 12 Property Tax Capitalization 159

Lecture 13 Hedonic Regressions 175

Lecture 14 School-Quality Capitalization 199

Lecture 15 Housing Discrimination 227

Lecture 16 Notes Based on: "Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why Do Real Estate Agents Withhold Available Houses from Black Customers" 247

Lecture 17 Homeownership Gaps Between Ethnic Groups 263

Lecture 18 Residential Segregation: Measurement, Causes, Consequences 275

Lecture 19 Mortgage Markets and Predatory Lending 285

Lecture 20 Mortgage Discrimination 311

Part 2 Urban Policy 325

Lecture 1 Introduction 327

Lecture 2 Evaluating Social Programs 341

Lecture 3 Housing Concepts, Household Bids 347

Lecture 4 Household Sorting and Neighborhood Amenities 357

Lecture 5 Neighborhood Change 367

Lecture 6 Overview of Housing Markets 375

Lecture 7 Housing Problems and Federal Housing Programs 383

Lecture 8 Homelessness 403

Lecture 9 Race and Ethnicity, Prejudice and Discrimination 415

Lecture 10 Housing Discrimination and Its Causes 429

Lecture 11 Residential Segregation: Measurement, Causes, Consequences 439

Lecture 12 Mortgage Markets and Predatory Lending 449

Lecture 13 Discrimination in Mortgage Lending 475

Lecture 14 Poverty: Concepts and Evidence 487

Lecture 15 Concentrated Poverty 505

Lecture 16 Welfare Programs and Principles of Welfare Policy 523

Lecture 17 The New World of Welfare Policy 539

Lecture 18 Urban Labor Markets 555

Lecture 19 Human Capital Programs to Promote Community Development 569

Lecture 20 Financial Capital Programs to Promote Community Development 585

Lecture 21 Key Issues in Studying Urban Crime 597

References 607

Index 621