Regional and urban economics Part 1 / edited by Richard Arnott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnott, Richard.

Series:

Encyclopedia of economics ; v. 1.

Harwood fundamentals of pure and applied economics. Regional & urban economics ; pt. 1.

Fundamentals of pure and applied economics. Encyclopedia of economics, 0191-1708 ; v. 1

Regional and urban economics ; pt. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban economics.

Regional economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Urban and regional economics

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A collection of the first section of the ""Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics"" series, ""Regional and Urban Economics: Parts One and Two"" is an encyclopaedia containing eight titles: This volume highlights original contributions in regional and urban economics, concentrating mainly on urban economic theory. The contributions focus on the treatment of space in economic theory. Drawing on the body of literature developed by Von Thunen, Christaller and Losch, these chapters explore empirical, theoretical and applied aspects of urban and regional economics which can be divided into the f

Contents:

Cover; REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Bibliography; General Equilibrium in Space and Agglomeration; 0. INTRODUCTION; 1. SPATIALLY SEPARATED MARKETS; 2. INTRODUCING LOCATION CHOICE; 2.1. The model: classification of problems; 2.2. The first welfare theorem; 3. INTEGER ASSIGNMENT; 4. FRACTIONAL ASSIGNMENT; 4.1 The second welfare theorem; 4.2. Equilibrium: the separable case; 4.3. The club assignment problem; 5.LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS; 5.1. The first best problem; 5.2. Tiebout equilibrium; 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS; References

Spatial Competition and the Location of Firms1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SPATIAL MONOPOLY; 2.1. Delivered pricing; 2.2. Mill pricing; 3. THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF SPATIAL COMPETITION; 3.1. The concept of industry; 3.2. The structure of demand in the industry; 3.3. The definition of equilibrium in the industry; 4. SPATIAL OLiGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; 4.1. Variable prices and parametric locations; 4.2. Variable locations and parametric prices; 4.3. Variable prices and locations; 5. SPATIAL COMPETITION WITH FREE ENTRY; 5.1. Spatial monopolistic competition; 5.2. Sequential entry

6. REFORMULATIONS AND CONCLUSIONSReferences; Appendix; Urban Land Use Theory; O. INTRODUCTION; 1. BASIC THEORY OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USE; 1.1. Locational choice of the household; 1.2. Equilibrium land use; 1.3. Optimal land use, optimal vs. equilibrium; 1.4. Some extensions; 2. RESIDENTIAL LAND USE WITH EXTERNALITIES; 2.1. Local public goods and location of public facilities; 2.2. Neighborhood externalities; 2.3. Transport congestion and land use for transport; 3. GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; 3.1. Prototypes of general equilibrium models; 3.2. Port city model: Type A

3.3. Spatial externality models: Type B3.4. Imperfect competition model: Type C; 4. DYNAMICS; 4.1. Prototypes of dynamic models; 4.2. One sector model; 4.3. Urban sprawl; 4.4. Urban renewal, filtering process, and land development under uncertainty; 4.5. Suggestions for further research; Externalities in Space; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXTERNALITIES BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND HOUSEHOLDS; 3. EXTERNALITIES AMONG HOUSEHOLDS; 4. EXTERNALITIES AMONG PRODUCERS; 5. EXTERNALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH URBAN TRANSPORTATION; 6. MEASURING THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF EXTERNALITIES; References

Urban Transportation Economics1. INTRODUCTION; 1 . 1. The scope of urban transportation economics; 1.2. The scope of this review; 2. TRAVEL DEMAND; 2.1. Aggregate models; 2.2. Disaggregate models; 2.3. Examples of disaggregate models; 2.4. Assessment of travel-demand models; 2.5. Value of time; 2.6. Conclusions; 3. COSTS; 3.1. The nature of cost functions; 3.2. Cost functions for public transit; 3.3. Highway travel: congestion technology; 3.4. Highway travel: short-run variable costs; 3.5. Highway travel: long-run costs; 3.6. Intermodal cost comparisons

4. PRICING, INVESTMENT, AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Notes:

"First published in 1996 by Harwood Academic Publishers"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781315077161

1315077167

OCLC:

851157165