ECON 576

Spatial Economics

 

Spring 2005

Prof. Maureen Kilkenny

                     

                                

course description

 reading list 

 


 

ECON 576

Monday

Wednesday

111 Heady Hall

Note: the cited readings are required.   If underlined, they are also linked and accessible on the web.

January

 

10   partial equilibrium

firm location

Kilkenny & Thisse (1999)

12

 

firm

location

Holiday

19 exclusion and invariance properties

 

 

 

 

24 spatial price and mkt areas

26

 

February

31 land rent;

compensating differentials

2 

 

people location

7  Wages, Rents and the Quality of Life” Roback (1982)JPE

9

11

 

 

14  "Economic Opportunity, Amenities and Fiscal Factors on Age-specific Migration."

Clark & Hunter (1992) JRS

 

density and productivity

21 “Industrial Development in Cities” Henderson, et al(1995) JPE

23

25

term paper proposals and outlines due 2/28/05

 

March

 

28 Chad Syverson’s “Concrete Example” (2004) JPE

2

4

Study questions

old midterm

 

 

7

 

9  

Midterm Exam & key

Spring Break

14

 

 

size

21-25 “Geographic Concentration and Establishment Scale” Holmes and Stevens (2002) REStat 84(4): 682-90

April

28-6 “Geographic Concentration in U.S. Manufacturing…” Ellison & Glaeser(1997)JPE

Policy

8“Effect of State Policies on Location of Manufacturing…”Holmes, (1998)JPE

 

11 finish Holmes (1998)

13 WORK ON TERM PAPERS

15 WORK ON TERM PAPERS

 

18 WORK ON TERM PAPERS

20-22“Industrial Policy & American Renewal”  Norton (1986)JEL

 

 

 

25   Scott’s paper,

Nota’s paper

 

27 Jing’s paper

Li’s paper

 

29 Lin’s paper

Eric’s paper

 

May

 

FINAL: Wed., May 4 2:15-4:15 p.m.

 

 

Papers due no later than Friday, May 27