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.)