Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction

  • Location models & 5 axioms

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Read:

• A Glance at the Age Structure and Labor Force Participation of Rural America (census.gov)

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• Chapter 2: Why cities exist?

  • Brief history of cities, exchange, economies of scale

• Chapter 3: Why do firms cluster?

  • Localization & Urbanization from firm’s profit maximization

Watch:

• Sydney and London | Polycentric Cities - YouTube

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• Chapter 4: City size

  • Location models(cont) from utility maximization

• Chapter 5: Urban growth

  • Urban labor market

  • Role of government intervention

Watch:

• 10 Reasons Everyone is Moving to Texas in 2023. (youtube.com)

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• Chapter 6: Land rent:

  • Bid-rent model

  • Henry George Theorem

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• Chapter 7: Land use

  • Spatial equilibrium of employment & population

  • Monocentric city

  • Sprawl

Watch

• How Suburban Sprawl Weighs On The U.S. Economy (youtube.com)

Read

• Did the pandemic advance new suburbanization? | Brookings

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Recent topics in Urban economics: Reality & Policy. Chapters 8-15

• Chapter 8: Neighborhood choice

  • Diversity, segregation

Watch

• American segregation, mapped at day and night (youtube.com)

• Mapping incomes (arcgis.com)

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• Chapter 9: Zoning

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Watch

• U.S. Zoning, Explained - YouTube

• Air rights in Manhattan, NY (youtube.com)

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• Chapter 10 &11: Transportation

  • Externalities: pollution, accidents, congestion

  • Pigouvian Taxes to address externalities

Watch

• Why Traffic Is So Bad In Los Angeles (youtube.com)

• How congestion pricing has impacted London ahead of New York City plan (youtube.com)

• Why The U.S. Gave Up On Public Transit (youtube.com)

• Why Public Transportation Sucks in the US (youtube.com)

• Why American public transit is so bad | 2020 Election (youtube.com)

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Read

• Why New York will charge up to $23/day to drive into Manhattan (cnbc.com)

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• Chapter 12: Education

  • Role of education in human capital of cities

  • Public spending

Watch

• Teaching in the US vs. the rest of the world - YouTube

• Why Teachers Are Paid So Little In The U.S. (youtube.com)

• How Common Core Broke U.S. Schools (youtube.com)

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Read

• COE - Annual Earnings by Educational Attainment

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• Chapter 13: Crime:

  • Relationship between crime and other variables within city

Watch

• Why Murder Rates Are Rising In The U.S. (youtube.com)

Read

• Police Department Public Crime Reports and Maps | Nashville.gov

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• Chapter 14 & 15: Housing & Housing policy

  • Housing characteristics and their effects

Watch

• Why Wall Street Is Buying So Many U.S. Homes (youtube.com)

• How Singapore Fixed Its Housing Problem (youtube.com)

• Why The U.S. Can’t Solve Homelessness (youtube.com)

• Large property tax increase brings shock to tenants, homeowners (youtube.com)

• The Power of Land: Georgism 101 (youtube.com)

• Milton Friedman talks about property taxes (youtube.com)

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Read

• The time may be right for land-value taxes (economist.com)

• Median Home Prices In Every State | Bankrate