ECON 437 - Urban Economics

(3 units)

Prerequisite: ECON 310 with a grade of “C” or better.
Economic analyses of city formation and size, business and residential location decisions, land use. Application of microeconomic theory to urban transportation issues, residential segregation, urban poverty and crime, and housing markets. Introduction to local public finance and provision of local public goods.

Both grading options. Not open for credit to students with credit in ECON 537.