Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 4, Cities and geography

edited by J. Vernon Henderson and Jacques-François Thisse

The new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography reviews, synthesizes and extends the key developments in urban and regional economics and their strong connection to other recent developments in modern economics. Of particular interest is the development of the new economic geography and its incorporation along with innovations in industrial organization, endogenous growth, network theory and applied econometrics into urban and regional economics. The chapters cover theoretical developments concerning the forces of agglomeration, the nature of neighborhoods and human capital externalities, the foundations of systems of cities, the development of local political institutions, regional agglomerations and regional growth. Such massive progress in understanding the theory behind urban and regional phenomenon is consistent with on-going progress in the field since the late 1960's. What is unprecedented are the developments on the empirical side: the development of a wide body of knowledge concerning the nature of urban externalities, city size distributions, urban sprawl, urban and regional trade, and regional convergence, as well as a body of knowledge on specific regions of the world-Europe, Asia and North America, both current and historical. The Handbook is a key reference piece for anyone wishing to understand the developments in the field

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Alternative title:	Cities and geography
Year of publication:	2004
Other Persons:	Henderson, J. Vernon (contributor) ; Thisse, Jacques-François (contributor)
Publisher:	Amsterdam : Elsevier North Holland
Subject:	Regionalökonomik \| Regional economics \| Stadtökonomik \| Urban economics \| Wirtschaftsgeographie \| Economic geography \| Theorie \| Theory \| Regionalentwicklung \| Regional development \| Agglomerationseffekt \| Agglomeration effect
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]
Published items:	31 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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Extent:	Online Ressource (2063-3073 pages) illustrations (some color).
Series:	Handbooks in economics. - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, ZDB-ID 2685869-1. - Vol. 7
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Volume 4; Copyright Page; Introduction to the Series; Contents of the Handbook; Contents of Volume 4; Foreword; PART 1: CITIES AND URBAN SYSTEMS: FROM THEORY TO FACTS; Chapter 48. Micro-foundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies; 1. Introduction; 2. Sharing; 3. Matching; 4. Learning; 5. Concluding comments; References; Chapter 49. Evidence on the Nature and Sources of Agglomeration Economies; 1. Introduction; 2. The scope of urban increasing returns; 3. The sources of urban increasing returns; 4. Case evidence; 5. Conclusion; References Chapter 50. Neighborhood Effects1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 3. Econometrics; 4. Empirical studies; 5. Additional evidence on neighborhood effects; 6. Conclusions; Appendix: Selection correction for neighborhood effects regressions based on the multinomial logit model; References; Chapter 51. Human Capital Externalities in Cities; 1. Introduction; 2. Recent trends in the geographic distribution of human capital across cities; 3. Theories of social returns to education; 4. Estimating productivity spillovers in cities; 5. Empirical evidence on other social benefits of education: crime and voting 6. ConclusionReferences; Chapter 52. Theories of Systems of Cities; 1. Introduction; 2. Internal structure of cities; 3. Urban agglomeration and optimal city size; 4. City formation mechanisms; 5. Key issues and a summary of historical developments in the literature; 6. Homogeneous labor; 7. Heterogeneous labor; 8. Efficiency and the role of central planning in city systems; 9. Growth; 10. Challenges ahead; References; Chapter 53. The Evolution of City Size Distributions; 1. Introduction; 2. Zipf's law for the upper tail of the city size distribution; 3. Random growth and Zipf's law 4. Economic explanations for Zipf's law other than Gibrat's law5. Dynamics of the evolution of city size distributions; 6. The empirical evidence on the determinants of urban growth; 7. Conclusion; Appendix: Zipf's law and urban primacy; References; PART 2: THE DESIGN OF LOCAL GOVERMENTS AND POLICIES; Chapter 54. Urban Political Economics; 1. Introduction; 2. Objectives and local policy formation; 3. Local political institutions; 4. Private government; 5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 55. Fiscal Decentralization; 1. Introduction; 2. Increasing fiscal decentralization around the World 3. Theoretical literature on fiscal decentralization4. Adding a hierarchical dimension to decentralized government competition; 5. Empirical research; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 56. Sprawl and Urban Growth; 1. Introduction; 2. The extent of sprawl; 3. The causes of sprawl; 4. Evaluating the transportation cost hypothesis; 5. Evaluating other causes of sprawl: the demand for land and flight from blight; 6. Evaluating other causes of sprawl: the political roots of sprawl; 7. Is sprawl bad?; 8. Conclusion; Appendix: Proofs of propositions; References Chapter 57. Factor Mobility and Redistribution
ISBN:	978-0-08-049512-5 ; 0-08-049512-5 ; 0-444-50967-4 ; 978-0-444-50967-3 ; 0-444-50967-4 ; 0-444-50967-4 ; 978-0-444-50967-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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