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.
Research
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.
Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago
Buenos Aires and Chicago grew during the nineteenth century for remarkably similar reasons. Both cities were conduits for moving meat and grain from fertile hinterlands to eastern markets.
The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston
Over the past 30 years, eastern Massachusetts has seen a remarkable combination of rising home prices and declining supply of new homes, which doesn't appear to reflect any lack of land.
Help Wanted in Public Service
A slow fuse is burning under the federal government that threatens to derail the Obama administration's ambitious plans for economic recovery, healthcare reform, financial regulation, and much else.
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