Handbook of regional and urban economics. Volume 5A / edited by Gilles Duranton, J. Vernon Henderson, William C. Strange.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duranton, Gilles, editor.

Henderson, J. Vernon, editor.

Strange, William C. (Economist), editor.

Series:

Handbooks in economics.

Handbooks in Economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional economics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Regional economics.

Urban economics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Urban economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4042 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford : North-Holland, an imprint of Elsevier, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Developments in methodologies, agglomeration, and a range of applied issues have characterized recent advances in regional and urban studies. Volume 5 concentrates on these developments while treating traditional subjects such as housing, the costs and benefits of cities, and policy issues beyond regional inequalities. Contributors make a habit of combining theory and empirics in each chapter, guiding research amid a trend in applied economics towards structural and quasi-experimental approaches. Clearly distinguished from the New Economic Geography covered by Volume 4, these articles feature

Contents:

Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Introduction to the Series; Foreword; Contributors; Section I: Empirical Methods; Chapter 1: Causal Inference in Urban and Regional Economics; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Framework for Empirical Investigation; 1.3 Spatial Aggregation; 1.4 Selection on Observables; 1.5 IV Estimators; 1.6 Regression Discontinuity; 1.7 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Structural Estimation in Urban Economics; Abstract; 2.1 An Introduction to Structural Estimation; 2.2 Revealed Preference Models of Residential Choice

2.3 Fiscal Competition and Public Good Provision2.4 The Allocation of Economic Activity Across Space; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 3: Spatial Methods; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Nonrandomness in Spatial Data; 3.3 Spatial Models; 3.4 Identification; 3.5 Treatment Effects When Individual Outcomes Are (Spatially) Dependent; 3.6 Conclusions; Appendix A: Biases with Omitted Spatial Variables; Appendix B: Hypothetical RCT Experiments for Identifying Parameters in the Presence of Interactions Within Spatial Clusters; Section II: Agglomeration and Urban Spatial Structure

Chapter 4: Agglomeration Theory with Heterogeneous AgentsAbstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Four Causes and Two Moments: A Glimpse at the Data; 4.3 Agglomeration; 4.4 Sorting and Selection; 4.5 Inequality; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 5: The Empirics of Agglomeration Economies; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mechanisms and Corresponding Specifications; 5.3 Local Determinants of Agglomeration Effects; 5.4 Estimation Strategy; 5.5 Magnitudes for the Effects of Local Determinants of Productivity; 5.6 Effects of Agglomeration Economies on Outcomes Other Than Productivity

5.7 Identification of Agglomeration Mechanisms5.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Chapter 6: Agglomeration and Innovation; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What is Innovation?; 6.3 Patterns of Agglomeration and Innovation; 6.4 Formal Theories Linking Agglomeration and Innovation; 6.5 Additional Issues on Innovation and Agglomeration; 6.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 7: Cities and the Environment; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Incorporating Local and Global Environmental Externalities into Locational Equilibrium Models

7.3 Global Externalities Exacerbated by the Intrametro Area Locational Choice of Households and Firms7.4 Environmental Amenities in a System of Cities; 7.5 The Urban Building Stock's Energy Consumption; 7.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Chapter 8: Urban Land Use; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Modeling Urban Land Use: The Monocentric Model; 8.3 Extending the Monocentric Model; 8.4 Agglomeration and Commercial Land Use: Modeling Polycentric Cities; 8.5 Land Use Regulation; 8.6 Empirical Price and Development Gradients; 8.7 Patterns of Residential Sorting Within Cities

8.8 Patterns of Residential Land Development

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 23, 2015).

ISBN:

9780444595393

0444595392

9780444595331

0444595333