Topics in Economics: Urban Economics
Fall 2010, Econ 4960
University of Minnesota

Assignments
Assignment 1 (due 23 Sep)
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Assignment 2 (due 7 Oct)
Car assembly plant data, State employment data, Census population estimates
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Assignment 3 (due 11 Nov)
Population data: Franklin Co., OH, Marion Co., IN, Onondaga Co., NY, Salt Lake Co., UT, metadata
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Assignment 4 (due 7 Dec)
Home price data
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Exams and Practice Exams
Practice Midterm
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Midterm Exam
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Practice Final
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Lecture Notes
14 September: Central Place Theory
16 September: Firm Location
23 September: Industry Clustering and Labor Pooling
28 September: Ellison, Glaeser, and Kerr (2010) Discussion
30 September: Rosen-Roback Model
5 October: City Size
7 October: Greenstone, Hornbeck, and Moretti (2010) Discussion
21 October: Monocentric City Model
28 October: Zoning
2 November: Automobiles and Traffic
4 November: Mass Transit
9 November: Baum-Snow (2007) Discussion
30 November: Local Government

Readings
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• Ellison, Glenn, Edward L. Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. ''What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns.'' American Economic Review. Vol. 100, No. 3 (June 2010): pp. 1195-1213.
• Greenstone, Michael, Richard Hornbeck, and Enrico Moretti. ''Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings.'' Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 118, No. 3 (June 2010): pp. 536-598.
• Baum-Snow, Nathaniel. ''Did Highways Cause Suburbanization?'' Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol. 122, No. 2 (May 2007): pp. 775-805.
• Glaeser, Edward L. and Joseph Gyourko. ''Urban Decline and Durable Housing.'' Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 113, No. 2 (April 2005): pp. 345-375.

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