Handbook of regional and urban economics Vol.4 : cities and geography
Series: Handbooks in Economics Ed. by Kenneth J. Arrow and Michael D. Intriligator ; Vol.7Publication details: Amsterdam Elsevier 2004Description: xxviii, 2062-3073, I-1-36pISBN:- 9780444509673
- 330.91722 HEN
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CONTENTS
Introduction to the Series v
Contents of the Handbook vii
Contents of Volume 4 xv
Foreword xxvii
Part I. Cities and urban systems: from theory to facts.
48. Micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies (G. Duranton, D. Puga) 2063
49. Evidence on the nature and sources of agglomeration economies (S. Rosenthal, W. Strange)2119
50. Neighborhood effects (S. Durlauf) 2173
51. Human capital externalities in cities (E. Moretti ) 2243
52. Theories of systems of cities (H. Abdel-Rahman, A. Anas) 2293
53. Evolution of city size distributions (X. Gabaix, Y. Ioannides) 2341
Part II. The design of local governments and policies
54. Urban political economics (R. Helsley) 2381
55. Fiscal decentralization (D. Epple, T. Nechyba) 2423
56. Sprawl and urban growth (E. Glaeser, M. Kahn) 2481
57. Factor mobility and redistribution (H. Cremer, P. Pestieau) 2529
Part III. Economic geography and the geography of modern economies
58. Agglomeration and economic geography (G. Ottaviano, J.-F. Thisse) 2563
59. The empirics of agglomeration and trade (K. Head, T. Mayer) 2609
60. Agglomeration and regional growth (R. Baldwin, P. Martin) 2671
61. Knowledge spillovers and the geography of innovation (D. Audretsch, M. Feldman) 2713
62. Regional (di) convergence (S. Magrini) 2741
63. Spatial distribution of economic activities in North America (T. Holmes, J. Stevens) 2797
64. The Spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union (P.-P. Combes, H. Overman) 2845
65. Spatial distribution of economic activities in Japan and China (M. Fujite, T. Mori, J. Henderson, Y. Kanemoto) 2911
Part IV. The long-run view on cities and geography
66. Historical perspectives on US economic geography (S. Kim, R. Margo) 2981
67. The Historical geography of European cities: An interpretive essay (P. Hohenberg) 3021
References 3051
Colour Figures 1-1
Subject Index 1-25
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