Urban Economics

2008 Syllabus

Oral Presentation Number 1

Glaeser, City Growth and the 2000 Census

Porter, Clusters and the New Economics of Competition

O'Sullivan, Where Do Firms Locate?

Florida, America's Looming Creativity Crisis

Porter, Clusters of Innovation: Regional Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness

Urban Competitiveness Model

Job Creation and Job Destruction

Entrepreneurship and the City

Spatial Distribution of Population in 48 World Cities

Downs, Some Realities About Sprawl and Urban Decline

Glaeser and Kahn, Sprawl and Urban Growth

Gordon and Richardson, Prove It: The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl

Katz, Divided We Sprawl

EPA, Smart Growth Home Page

Midterm Exam 2005

Answers to Midterm 2005

Final Exam 2005