Readings in Urban Economics Issues and Public Policy

by Wassmer, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780631215875
• ISBN10: 0631215875
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-07
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Readings in Urban Economics: Issues and Public Policy gathers popular press articles, reviews of applied economics literature, and regression-based empirical studies to examine pressing public policy issues in urban areas. The readings extend beyond textbook economic theory and allow for a more in-depth and real-world analysis of a multitude of twenty-first-century urban concerns.- Urban growth and urban sprawl.- Housing.- Economic development incentives.- Crime.- Race, employment, and poverty.- Transportation.- Public primary and secondary education.- Local government.Advanced undergraduates and graduates studying urban and/or regional economics, policy, studies, affairs, and planning - as well as urban academics, practitioners, policymakers, and planners - will appreciate the editorial framework of introduction, discussion questions, samples from selected further readings, and an appendix that conveniently lists pertinent journals in applied and policy-oriented urban economics and their web sites.

Author Biography

Robert W. Wassmer is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration at California State University, Sacramento. As Director of the system-wide California State University Faculty Fellows Applied Research Program, he heads a group of public policy consultants to the state of California. His research in urban economic development and state/local public finance has appeared in numerous prestigious journals such as the Journal of Urban Economics and Urban Studies. He has taught at Wayne State University's Department of Economics and College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, and holds a PhD from Michigan State University.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Editorial Introduction: (Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Sacramento)

US Cities Coming Back from Decades of Decline: (Writer, Gannett News Service)

Urban Growth

The Draw of Downtown: Big Growth Predicted for Many US Cities: (Writer, US News and World Report)

The State of the Cities: Downtown is Up: The Economist

Urban Diversity and Economic Growth: (Department of Economics and Goldman School of Public Policy; University of California, Berkeley)

Projecting Growth of Metropolitan Areas: (Department of Finance, Northwestern University) and (Department of Economics, Northwestern University)

Further Reading Samples

Discussion Questions

Location, Land Use, and Urban Sprawl

Dreams of Fields: The New Politics of Urban Sprawl: (Writer, The New York Times)

Al Gore Has A New Worry: (Newsweek)

Urban Spatial Structure: (Department of Economics, University of Buffalo); (Department of Economics, Boston College); and (Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine)

How America''s Cities are Growing: The Big Picture: (Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution)

Prove It: The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl: (Department of Economics and School of Policy, Planning, and Development; University of Southern California); and (Department of Economics and School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California)

Comment on Carl Abbott''s ''The Portland Region: Where Cities and Suburbs Talk to Each Other and Often Agree'': (Department of Economics, Dartmouth College)

Do Suburbs Need Cities?: (Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Further Reading Samples

Discussion Questions

Local Economic Development Incentives

Ohio Looks Hard at What''s Lost Through Business Subsidies: (Writer, Washington Post)

Jobs, Productivity, and Local Economic Development: What Implications Does Economic Research Have for the Role of Government: (Economist, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)

Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?: (Department of Economics, Stanford University) and (Department of Economics, Smith College)

Can Local Incentives Alter a Metropolitan City''s Economic Development?: (Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Sacramento)

Further Reading Samples

Discussion Questions

Race, Employment, and Poverty in Urban Areas

Big U. S. Cities Carry Welfare Burden: Deep Poverty, Isolation from Suburbs Keep Many from Independence: (Writer, Associated Press)

Race Panel Divided Over Poverty: Experts Disagree on Causes, Cures of Urban Problems: (Writer, The San Francisco Chronicle)

No Easy Way Out: Study Finds Urban Poverty Digs Heels In: (Writer, Nation''s Cities Weekly) and (Nation''s Cities Weekly)

Inner Cities: (Department of Finance, Northwestern University) and (Department of Economics, Northwestern University)

Information on the Spatial Distribution of Job Opportunities within Metropolitan Areas: (Department of Economics, Georgia State University)

Further Reading Samples

Discussion Questions

Urban Public Education

Why I''m Reluctantly Backing Vouchers: (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Current Issues in Public Urban Education: (School of Education, University of Southern California)

Why is it So Hard to Help Central City Schools?

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