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Informationen zum Autor Robert W. Wassmer is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration at California State University! Sacramento. As Director of the system--wide California State University Faculty Fellows Applied Research Program! he heads a group of public policy consultants to the state of California. His research in urban economic development and state/local public finance has appeared in numerous prestigious journals such as the Journal of Urban Economics and Urban Studies. He has taught at Wayne State Universitya s Department of Economics and College of Urban! Labor! and Metropolitan Affairs! and holds a PhD from Michigan State University. Klappentext Readings in Urban Economics: Issues and Public Policy gathers popular press articles, reviews of applied economics literature, and regression-based empirical studies to examine pressing public policy issues in urban areas. The readings extend beyond textbook economic theory and allow for a more in-depth and real-world analysis of a multitude of twenty-first-century urban concerns: Urban growth and urban sprawl. Housing. Economic development incentives. Crime. Race, employment, and poverty. Transportation. Public primary and secondary education. Local government. Advanced undergraduates and graduates studying urban and/or regional economics, policy, studies, affairs, and planning - as well as urban academics, practitioners, policymakers, and planners - will appreciate the editorial framework of introduction, discussion questions, samples from selected further readings, and an appendix that conveniently lists pertinent journals in applied and policy-oriented urban economics and their websites. Zusammenfassung * Uses popular press articles! reviews of applied economics literature! and regression--based empirical studies to examine pressing public policy issues in urban areas. * Ends sections with discussion questions and samples from selected further readings. Inhaltsverzeichnis 8266057 ...
