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Review of Public Goods |
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Nicholson. Chapter 17 (or equivalent).
Tiebout, Charles. "A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures." Journal of Political Economy (October 1956): pp. 416-424.
Landis, John, and Lan Deng, and Michael Riley. "Growth Management Revisited". University of California, Institute for Urban and Regional Development, working paper 2002-02, pp. 1-29.
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The Specific Case of Zoning (with Terry Szold and Eran Ben Joseph) |
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Readings: Garvin, Andrew. "The American City: What Works, What Doesn't." Pp. 356-381.
Kayden, Jerold. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. Pp. 7-60.
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Urban Structure |
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Krugman, Paul. "Space: The Final Frontier." Journal of Economic Perspectives (Spring 1998): pp. 161-174.
Davis R., Donald, and David E. Weinstein. "Bones, Bombs and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity." National Bureau of Economic Research Working, Paper No. 8517 (October 2001).
Gaspar, Jess, and Edward L. Glaeser. "Information Technology and the Future of Cities." Journal of Urban Economics (1998): pp. 136-156.
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Getting Through New York City's Fiscal Crisis (with Adam Barsky, Budget Director of the City of New York under Rudolph Giuliani)
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New York City Independent Budget Office. "Understanding New York City's Budget: A Guide." (November 28, 2001).
New York City Independent Budget Office. "Budget Options for New York City." (April 2002).
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Basic International Trade Theory |
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Freeman B., Richard. "Are Your Wages Set in Bejing?" Journal of Economic Perspectives (Summer 1995): pp. 15-32. |
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Implementation of Labor Standards (with Dara O'Rourke) |
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Rodrik, Dani. "Has Globalization Gone Too Far." Pp. 1-35.
Barnet J., Richard, and John Cavanagh. Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order. Pp. 283-309.
O'Rourke, Dara. "Lessons in Monitoring Apparel Production Around The World." In Dollars and Sense. Sept./Oct. 2001, pp. 14-17 and pp. 46.
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Basic Investment Theory |
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Nicholson. Chapter 15 (or equivalent).
Weitzman L., Martin. "Gamma Discounting." In American Economic Review, no. 1 (1999): pp. 260-271 (read the abstract, skip any theory and math which you find difficult, and focus on the discussion of what the results mean - the basic point is both interesting and important). |
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Basics of Housing Finance (with Tod McGrath) |
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McGrath, Tod. "The Columbia Housing Case, Part A." (Relevant spreadsheets, etc. can be downloaded from the course web site.) |
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Wrap-up |
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