
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics
Cities and Geography
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Table of Contents
Part I. Cities and urban systems: from theory to facts.
48. Micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies (G. Duranton, D. Puga).
49. Evidence on the nature and sources of agglomeration economies (S. Rosenthal, W. Strange).
50. Neighborhood effects (S. Durlauf).
51. Human capital externalities in cities (E. Moretti ).
52. Theories of systems of cities (H. Abdel-Rahman, A. Anas).
53. Evolution of city size distributions (X. Gabaix, Y. Ioannides).
Part II. The design of local governments and policies
54. Urban political economics (R. Helsley).
55. Fiscal decentralization (D. Epple, T. Nechyba).
56. Sprawl and urban growth (E. Glaeser, M. Kahn).
57. Factor mobility and redistribution (H. Cremer, P. Pestieau).
Part III. Economic geography and the geography of modern economies
58. Agglomeration and economic geography (G. Ottaviano, J.-F. Thisse).
59. The empirics of agglomeration and trade (K. Head, T. Mayer).
60. Agglomeration and regional growth (R. Baldwin, P. Martin).
61. Knowledge spillovers and the geography of innovation (D. Audretsch, M. Feldman).
62. Regional (di) convergence (S. Magrini).
63. Spatial distribution of economic activities in North America (T. Holmes, J. Stevens).
64. The Spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union (P.-P. Combes, H. Overman).
65. Spatial distribution of economic activities in Japan and China (M. Fujite, T. Mori, J. Henderson, Y. Kanemoto).
Part IV. The long-run view on cities and geography
66. Historical perspectives on US economic geography (S. Kim, R. Margo).
67. The Historical geography of European cities: An interpretive essay (P. Hohenberg).
Product details
- No. of pages: 1020
- Language: English
- Copyright: © North Holland 2004
- Published: July 21, 2004
- Imprint: North Holland
- eBook ISBN: 9780080495125
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780444509673
About the Editors
V. Henderson
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J.F. Thisse
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Cassey L. Thu Apr 19 2018
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Vol.4
Content-wise, this is an excellent resource for economists. However, the recent copy I received was digitally printed using inferior (thin) paper. Hence, the relatively low rating for an otherwise excellent volume.