CRP 5040 - Urban Economics

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: microeconomics course. Co-meets with CRP 4040/ECON 3855.

N. Brooks.

This course introduces the concepts and methods used by economists to study not only cities, regions and their relationships with each other, but, more generally, the spatial aspects and outcomes of decision-making by households and firms. Areas examined include determinants of urban growth and decline, land and housing markets, transportation issues, segregation and poverty, and the allocation and distribution of urban public services.