Overview

This volume is a follow-up to the earlier Urban Economics, Volume 2 of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, edited by Edwin Mills. The earlier volume, published in 1987, focussed on urban economic theory. This new handbook, in contrast, focuses on applied urban research. The difference is of course in emphasis. The earlier volume was by no means entirely concerned with theoretical research and this one is by no means entirely concerned with applied research. There have certainly been important theoretical developments during the last decade, and they are surveyed at appropriate places in this volume. However, there has been an outpouring of high quality applied research in urban economics, as in other specialties. The reasons for the rapid growth of applied research are not difficult to identify; improved theoretical frameworks within which to do applied research; improved econometric techniques and software; more and better data; and, probably most important, ever cheaper computing power, which is being ever more widely distributed within the research community, providing increasingly easy access to and analysis of, data.Selection and classification of topics to include in this handbook has inevitably depended on the editors' perceptions of subjects on which important research has been undertaken. It has also depended on the availability of authors who were able and willing to write critical surveys of large amounts of international research. An attempt was made to include authors and have them survey research from a variety of countries. However, there is still a US bias in applied urban research, partly related to the availability of data and computers but also to the sheer size of the US research community. For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/hes

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Author:   P.C. Cheshire (University of Reading, Reading, UK) ,  E.S. Mills (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   North-Holland
Volume:   v. 3
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.620kg
ISBN:  

9780444821386

ISBN 10:   0444821384
Pages:   800
Publication Date:   01 October 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

34. Introduction (P. Cheshire, E.S. Mills). Part 1: Spatial and Related Topics. 35. Trends in sizes and structures of urban areas (P. Cheshire). 36. Urban areas with decentralized employment: theory and empirical work (M. White). 37. Quality of life and environmental comparisons (J. Gyourko, M. Kahn and J. Tracy). 38. Agglomeration economies and urban public infrastructure (R. Eberts, D. McMillen). Part 2: Urban Markets. 39. Urban labor markets (G. Crampton). 40. Urban housing markets: theory and policy (C. Whitehead). 41. Hedonic analysis of housing markets (S. Sheppard). 42. Land markets and government intervention (A.W. Evans). Part 3: Developing Countries. 43. Urbanization in transforming economies (C. Becker, A.R. Morrison). 44. Economic analysis of housing markets in developing and transition economies (S. Malpezzi). 45. Poverty in developing countries (E. Pernia, M.G. Quibria). Part 4: Specific Sectors and Problems. 46. Urban transportation (K. Small, J. Gomez-Ibanez). 47. Sorting and voting: A review of the literature on urban public finance (S. Ross, J. Yinger)

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