School of Public Economicsand Administration, SHUFE

212086 Intermediate UrbanEconomics

1. Administrative Information

Term: Fall 2012

Location: Room 4309,Instruction Building IV, Wuchuan Road Campus

Time: Wednesdays,8:00 – 10:50 a.m.

Instructor: LI, Qiang

ContactInformation: liqiangtj@gmail.com;021-6590-2586

Office: Room 522, FengHuang Building

Office Hour: Mondays,10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Fridays 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., or by appointment

Textbook: ArthurO’Sullivan, 2009, Urban Economics, 7thedition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Reference: MasahisaFujita, 1989, Urban Economic Theory: LandUse and City Size, Cambridge University Press. (Available from theinstructor.)

John F. McDonaldand Daniel McMillen, 2010, Urban Economicsand Real Estate: Theory and Policy, 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell.(Available from the library.)

Sep. 5, Course Introduction& Introduction to Urban Economics

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 1

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 1 & 2

Sep. 12, Tools ofMicroeconomics and Review of Consumer/Producer Theory

(*) O’Sullivan,Appendix

(*) Fujita,Appendix A

Sep. 19, Static Urban LandUse Theory – Stylized Model

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 6, 7

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 5, 6

Sep. 26, Static Urban LandUse Theory – Formal Model

(*) Brueckner, J.“The structure of urban equilibria: A unified treatment of the Muth-Mills model.”Handbook of Regional Science and UrbanEconomics Mills, E. (Ed): 2, 821-46. (Available from Instructor)

(*) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 7

(#) Fujita,Chapter 2, 3, 4 (Available from Instructor)

Oct. 3, Holiday

Oct. 10, AgglomerationEconomies, Public Goods, and Optimal City Size

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 2, 3, 4

(#) Fujita,Chapter 5, 6, 8

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 3, 4

Oct. 17, Urban Growth

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 5

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 19, 20, 21

(#) Berliant, M.and P. Wang. “Dynamic Urban Models: Agglomeration and Growth.” WashingtonUniversity working paper. (2003).

Oct. 24, Dynamic Urban LandUse Theory

(*) Brueckner, J.“Urban Growth Models with Durable Housing.” Economicsof Cities

J.M. Huriot andJ-F Thisse eds. (2000). (Available from Instructor)

(#) Capozza, D.and R. Helsley. "The Fundamentals of Land Prices and Urban Growth." Journal of Urban Economics (1989): 26,3, 295-306. (Elsevier)

(#) Capozza, D.and R. Helsley. “The Stochastic City.” Journalof Urban Economics (1990): 28, 2, 187-203. (Elsevier)

Oct. 31, Externalities –Traffic Congestion

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 10, 11

(#) Fujita,Chapter 7

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 14

Nov. 7, Externalities –Neighborhood Choice

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 8

(#) Fujita,Chapter 7

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 15, 16, 17, 18

Nov. 14, Urban Housing Market

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 13, 14

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Nov. 21, Local Government

(*) O’Sullivan,Chapter 15, 16

(#) McDonald &McMillen, Chapter 13

(#) Helsley, R.“Urban Political Economics.” Handbook ofUrban and Regional Economics, Vol. 14, J.V. Henderson and J-F Thisse eds. (2004). (Available from the web.)