An Essay on Urban Economic Theory
Over the past thirty years, urban economic theory has been one of the most active areas of urban and regional economic research. Just as static general equilibrium theory is at the core of modern microeconomics, so is the topic of this book - the static allocation of resources within a city and betw...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Advances in Urban and Regional Economics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Scope of this Book
- 1.2 Fundamental Determinants of Spatial Structure
- 1.3 Historical Sketch
- 1.4 Book Outline
- 1.5 Appendix: Notation
- 1.6 References
- I The Monocentric City
- 2 Urban Equilibrium
- 3 Comparative Statics
- 4 Optimality of the Equilibrium Allocation
- 5 Extensions
- 6 Urban Housing
- 7 Transportation Infrastructure
- 8 From Monocentricity to Polycentricity
- II Polycentric Urban Structures
- 9 Agglomeration
- 10 The Monocentric City
- 11 Specialisation and Trade
- 12 Externalities, Nonconvexity and Agglomeration
- Author Index