An Outsider Looks at Urban Economics

Urban problems presumably include any urban situations that one believes could be improved. (If one does not think improvement is possible, there is no problem of choosing new courses of action and nothing to do but accept the situa-tion.) And, as I see it, `urban economics' embraces the application of economic analysis to the development of information that seems relevant to these urban problems. When I try to define the subject more narrowly, however, I run into difficulties and emerge with compara-tively vague and elastic notions. Also, it is almost impossible to cover all the literature pertaining to land use and all these urban problems. As a consequence, this will not be a

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• The implications of a land value tax on urban agglomeration dynamics

  Open Access•Adam Moogan, Stefania Fiorentino•Cities•2026

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• A strategy for urban and regional research

  David Massey, Richard Minns et al.•Regional Studies•1976

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• Benefit distribution in urban renewal from the perspectives of efficiency and fairness

  Open Access•Guiwen Liu, Lizhen Wei et al.•Cities•2020

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• Urban renewal and redevelopment

  Open Access•Lawrence W C Lai, K W Chau et al.•Cities•2018

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• Public sector decision making and the technology of consumption

  Open Access•Allan M Maslove•Public Choice•1976

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• Three Ways of Studying the Urban Economy

  Open Access•D B Needham•Urban Studies•1974

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• The Death and Life of Great American Cities

  Jane Jacobs•The Death and Life of Great…•1961

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• A preface to urban economics.

  WILBUR R THOMPSON•A preface to urban economics.•1968

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• The economics of discretionary behavior

  Oliver E Williamson•The economics of discretionary…•1967

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• The location of economic activity

  Edgar Malone Hoover•The location of economic activity•1963

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• Location and Land Use

  William Alonso•Location and Land Use•1964

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• The Urban Transportation Problem

  J R Meyer, John F Kain et al.•Urban Transportation Problem•1965

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• Note on the Economics of Residential Zoning and Urban Renewal

  Martin J Bailey•Land Economics•1959

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• The Theory and Measurement of Private and Social Cost of Highway Congestion

  A A Walters•Econometrica•1961

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• The Death and Life of Great American Cities

  Jane Jacobs•Readings in Planning Theory•2015

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• Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization

  John F Kain•The Quarterly Journal of Economics•1968

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• The Determinants of Residential Property Values with Special Reference to Air Pollution

  Ronald G Ridker, John A Henning•The Review of Economics and…•1967

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• The Derived Demand for Urban Residential Land

  Open Access•Richard F Muth•Urban Studies•1971

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• Optimality in City Size, Systems of Cities and Urban Policy

  Open Access•Herbert W Richardson, Harry W Richardson•Urban Studies•1972

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• Some Theorems in the Theory of Efficient Transfers

  Edgar O Olsen•Journal of Political Economy•1971

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• A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures

  Charles M Tiebout•Journal of Political Economy•1956

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• Externalities and the Race for Economic Growth in the USSR

  Marshall I Goldman•Journal of Political Economy•1972

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• The Nature of Equilibrium in Monopolistic Competition

  Harold Demsetz•Journal of Political Economy•1959

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• The Effects of Property Taxes and Local Public Spending on Property Values

  Wallace E Oates•Journal of Political Economy•1969

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• An Econometric Analysis of Rent Control

  Edgar O Olsen•Journal of Political Economy•1972

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• Land Values and the Measurement of Highway Benefits

  Herbert Mohring•Journal of Political Economy•1961

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• Price Policy and Land Value Taxation For Urban Water Supplies

  Open Access•Jerome W Milliman•American Journal of Economics and…•1966

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