Econ 330: Urban Economics

Welcome to the course GitHub page for EC330: Urban & Regional Economic Problems taught at the University of Oregon in the Spring of 2021 by John Morehouse.

• Instructor: John Morehouse
• GE (grader): Emily Arnesen
• Syllabus

Special Thanks:

• Mike Urbancic: This course is based off and inspired by his Urban Economics course.

• Ed Rubin: For the slide aesthetic and for answering my never - ending R questions.

• Grant McDermott: For his class, which continues to be useful in too many ways to list -- and use of occassional code snippet for this class.

Lectures

Slides from each lecture are below:

• Week 1: Intro & Review

  • Lecture 1: Introduction to Urban Economics

  • Lecture 2: EC201 Review & The 5 Axioms of Urban Economics

• Week 2: City Size & Growth

  • Lecture 3: City Size

  • Lecture 4: Firm Growth

• Week 3: Rents & Land Use

  • Lecture 5: Rents and Land use I

  • Lecture 6: Rents and Land Use II

• Week 4: Neighborhood Choice

  • Lecture 7: Neighborhood Choice I

  • Lecture 8: Neighborhood Choice II

• Week 5: Local Labor Markets

  • Lecture 9: Local Labor Markets: perfect competition

  • Lecture 10: Local Labor Markets: market power

• Week 6: Midterm!

  • Lecture 11: Midterm

  • Lecture 12: Introduction to Place Based Policy

• Week 7: Place-Based Policy

  • Lecture 14: Rent Control

• Week 8: Automobiles

  • Lecture 15: Automobiles I

  • Lecture 16: Automobiles II

• Week 9: Transit + Environmental Sorting

  • Lecture 17: Urban Transit

  • Lecture 18: Household Sorting and the Environment

• Week 10: Topics + Review

  • Lecture 19: The Geography of Income Inequality

  • Lecture 20: Final Review