Journal of Urban Economics

1974 - 2025

Current editor(s): S.S. Rosenthal and W.C. Strange

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Volume 98, issue C, 2017

Urban economics for the developing World: An introduction pp. 1-5

Edward Glaeser and J. Vernon Henderson

Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and…urban push? pp. 6-16

Remi Jedwab, Luc Christiaensen and Marina Gindelsky

What is different about urbanization in rich and poor countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States pp. 17-49

Juan Chauvin, Edward Glaeser, Yueran Ma and Kristina Tobio

The settlement of the United States, 1800–2000: The long transition towards Gibrat’s law pp. 50-68

Klaus Desmet and Jordan Rappaport

Political favoritism in China’s capital markets and its effect on city sizes pp. 69-87

Ying Chen, J. Vernon Henderson and Wei Cai

Breaking into tradables: Urban form and urban function in a developing city pp. 88-97

Anthony Venables

Travel costs and urban specialization patterns: Evidence from China’s high speed railway system pp. 98-123

Yatang Lin

Locomotives of local growth: The short- and long-term impact of railroads in Sweden pp. 124-138

Thor Berger and Kerstin Enflo

City seeds: Geography and the origins of the European city system pp. 139-157

Maarten Bosker and Eltjo Buringh

Malthus living in a slum: Urban concentration, infrastructure and economic growth pp. 158-173

David Castells-Quintana

Sewers’ diffusion and the decline of mortality: The case of Paris, 1880–1914 pp. 174-186

Lionel Kesztenbaum and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

Shelter from the storm: Upgrading housing infrastructure in Latin American slums pp. 187-213

Sebastian Galiani, Paul J. Gertler, Raimundo Undurraga, Ryan Cooper, Sebastian Martinez and Adam Ross

The demand for space in China pp. 214-222

Michael Murray and Guoqing Sun

To build above the limit? Implementation of land use regulations in urban China pp. 223-233

Hongbin Cai, Zhi Wang and Qinghua Zhang

Volume 97, issue C, 2017

Does enhanced mobility of young people improve employment and housing outcomes? Evidence from a large and controlled experiment in France pp. 1-14

Julie Le Gallo, Yannick L'Horty and Pascale Petit

The role of social networks in cultural assimilation pp. 15-39

Thierry Verdier and Yves Zenou

Spatial frictions pp. 40-70

Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata and Jens Suedekum

Walled cities in late imperial China pp. 71-88

Yannis Ioannides and Junfu Zhang

Volume 96, issue C, 2016

Worker migration or job creation? Persistent shocks and regional recoveries pp. 1-16

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy and Kyle K. Hood

Spillovers, absorptive capacity and agglomeration pp. 17-35

Sergey Lychagin

The accident externality of driving: Evidence from observance of the Jewish Sabbath in Israel pp. 36-54

Issi Romem and Ity Shurtz

Housing price bubbles, new supply, and within-city dynamics pp. 55-72

Crocker H. Liu, Adam Nowak and Stuart Rosenthal

Born on the wrong day? School entry age and juvenile crime pp. 73-90

Briggs Depew and Ozkan Eren

Mortgage default risk: New evidence from internet search queries pp. 91-111

Marcelle Chauvet, Stuart Gabriel and Chandler Lutz

Renewable energy and negative externalities: The effect of wind turbines on house prices pp. 121-141

Martijn Dröes and Hans Koster

A general-equilibrium analysis of airport pricing, capacity, and regulation pp. 142-155

Yukihiro Kidokoro, Ming Hsin Lin and Anming Zhang

Housing equity, residential mobility and commuting pp. 156-165

Gintautas Bloze and Morten Skak

Volume 95, issue C, 2016

Can buyer “mobility” reduce aggregation failures in land-assembly? pp. 16-30

R. Isaac, Carl Kitchens and Javier E. Portillo

Charter school closure and student achievement: Evidence from Ohio pp. 31-48

Deven Carlson and Stéphane Lavertu

A field study of rental market discrimination across origins in France pp. 49-63

Arthur Acolin, Raphael Bostic and Gary Painter

Optimal policies in cities with congestion and agglomeration externalities: Congestion tolls, labor subsidies, and place-based strategies pp. 64-86

Wenjia Zhang and Kara M. Kockelman

Volume 94, issue C, 2016

Religious heterogeneity and fiscal policy: Evidence from German reunification pp. 1-12

Ronny Freier, Benny Geys and Joshua Holm

Congestion, agglomeration, and the structure of cities pp. 13-31

Jeffrey Brinkman

Modelling and forecasting mortgage delinquency and foreclosure in the UK pp. 32-53

Janine Aron and John Muellbauer

School district and housing price responses to fiscal stress labels: Evidence from Ohio pp. 54-72

Paul N. Thompson

Does size matter? Educational attainment and cohort size pp. 73-89

Rune Borgan Reiling

Metro business cycles pp. 90-108

Maria A. Arias, Charles Gascon and David E. Rapach

Are PILOTs property taxes for nonprofits? pp. 109-123

Fan Fei, James Hines and Jill R. Horwitz

Volume 93, issue C, 2016

Why truck distance taxes are contagious and drive fuel taxes to the bottom pp. 1-17

Svante Mandell and Stef Proost

How do politicians save? Buffer-stock management of unemployment insurance finance pp. 18-29

Steven Craig, Wided Hemissi, Satadru Mukherjee and Bent Sorensen

Neighborhood effects on secondary school performance of Latino and African American youth: Evidence from a natural experiment in Denver pp. 30-48

George Galster, Anna Santiago, Lisa Stack and Jackie Cutsinger

Decentralized redistribution in a laboratory federation pp. 49-59

Ana Ania and Andreas Wagener

Payment changes and default risk: The impact of refinancing on expected credit losses pp. 60-70

Joseph Tracy and Joshua Wright

The urban density premium across establishments pp. 71-84

Jason Faberman and Matthew Freedman

Disentangling property value impacts of environmental contamination from locally undesirable land uses: Implications for measuring post-cleanup stigmaAuthor-Name: Taylor, Laura O pp. 85-98

Daniel Phaneuf and Xiangping Liu

Clean money, dirty system: Connected landowners capture beneficial land rezoning pp. 99-114

Cameron Murray and Paul Frijters

What is the role of the asking price for a house? pp. 115-130

Lu Han and William Strange

Highways and productivity in manufacturing firms pp. 131-151

Adelheid Holl

Volume 92, issue C, 2016

Effects of a mileage tax for trucks pp. 1-15

Simon Luechinger and Florian Roth

Preserving history or restricting development? The heterogeneous effects of historic districts on local housing markets in New York City pp. 16-30

Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Michael Gedal, Edward Glaeser and Brian J. McCabe

Discrimination in mortgage lending: Evidence from a correspondence experiment pp. 48-65

Andrew Hanson, Zackary Hawley, Hal Martin and Bo Liu

Co-invention networks and inventive productivity in US citiesAuthor-Name: Breschi, Stefano pp. 66-75

Camilla Lenzi

An evaluation of the Federal Legal Services Program: Evidence from crime rates and property values pp. 76-90

Jamein P. Cunningham

Households' willingness to pay for public housing pp. 91-105

Jos van Ommeren and Arno van der Vlist

Does public transit reduce car travel externalities? Quasi-natural experiments' evidence from transit strikes pp. 106-119

Martin W. Adler and Jos van Ommeren