Mar 18, 2026  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 8300 - Urban Economics


3 Hours
This course examines the underlying causes of urban economic problems and evaluates alternative public policies for dealing with specific problems including congestion, discrimination, poverty, affordable housing, and central city decay. Emphasis is placed on the spatial characteristics of the urban economy as well as on market failures arising from the presence of externalities.

Prerequisite(s): ECON 8080  or Econ 3910.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre/Corequisite(s): None.
Requirements: None.