A companion to urban economics.9781405106290 A companion to urban economics. Ed. by Richard J. Arnott and Daniel P. McMillen. Blackwell Publishing 2006 574 pages $149.95 Hardcover Blackwell companions to contemporary economics; 4 HT321 Arnott (economics, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing ) and McMillen (economics, U. of Illinois at Chicago) conceived of this review of contemporary urban economics as a work that would simultaneously fill the gap between undergraduate treatments that neglect intermediate micro theory and econometrics econometrics, technique of economic analysis that expresses economic theory in terms of mathematical relationships and then tests it empirically through statistical research. and doctoral-level discussions inaccessible to non- specialists and to go beyond the American parochialism pa·ro·chi·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish. 2. Of or relating to parochial schools. 3. that dominates the field. Combining empirical and theoretical work, the 31 papers included have been organized into sections discussing urbanization, urban land use, housing and real estate, urban transportation, urban public economics, urban labor markets labor market A place where labor is exchanged for wages; an LM is defined by geography, education and technical expertise, occupation, licensure or certification requirements, and job experience and macroeconomics macroeconomics Study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, level of employment of productive resources, and general behaviour of prices. , and quality of life issues. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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