Housing Policy in the Wake of the Crash
In this article the author examines aspects of U.S. housing policy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-09. The author notes that between the years 2000 and 2010 the U.S.
Research
Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?
Between 1996 and 2006, real housing prices rose by 53 percent according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency price index.
What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns
Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near one another, or coagglomerate.
The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development
Carbon dioxide emissions may create significant social harm because of global warming, yet American urban development tends to be in low density areas with very hot summers.
Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
Introduction to 'The Economics of Agglomeration'
Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship
Research on entrepreneurship often examines the local dimensions of new business formation.
The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States
Empirical research on cities starts with a spatial equilibrium condition: workers and firms are assumed to be indifferent across space.
Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship
Research on entrepreneurship often examines the local dimensions of new business formation.
What a City Needs
The article reviews the book "Wrestling With Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City," by Anthony Flint.
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