A Companion to Urban Economics provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics. Unique in both its rigor and international treatment. An ideal supplementary textbook in upper-level undergraduate urban...

A Companion to Urban Economics -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- PART I URBANIZATION -- 1 The Micro-Empirics of Agglomeration Economies -- 2 Human Capital Externalities in Cities: Identification and Policy Issues -- 3 The First Cities -- 4...