Welcome to the course GitHub page for EC330: Urban & Regional Economic Problems taught at the University of Oregon in the Winter of 2020.
- Instructor: John Morehouse
- GE (grader): Shihab Siddiqui
- Syllabus
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Mike Urbancic: This course is based off and inspired by his Urban Economics course.
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Ed Rubin: For the slide aesthetic and for answering my never - ending
R
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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: Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:20 pm McKenzie Hall 240A
Office Hours (John): Monday 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm & Thursday 9:00 am - 9:50 am
After each lecture, I will post the slides below. I will post both a .html
version and .pdf
version of the slides -- the .html
requires an internet connection to use. With the .pdf
slides, you won't be able to view embedded interactive plots, but everything else should still work.
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Week 1: Intro & Review
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Week 2: Cities & Firm Clustering
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Lecture 3: Existence of Cities
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Lecture 4: Firm Clustering & Growth
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Week 3: Land Rents
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Lecture 5: Urban Rents
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Lecture 6: Urban Land Use
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Week 4: Neighborhood Choice
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Lecture 7: Neighborhood Choice Part I
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Lecture 8: Neighborhood Choice Part II
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Week 5: Local Labor Markets
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Lecture 9: Local Labor Markets Part I
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Lecture 10:
Local Labor Markets Part IIFinished lecture 9 and Midterm Review
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Week 6: Midterm
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Lecture 11: Midterm Exam
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Lecture 12: Introduction to Place Based Policies
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Week 7: Place Based Policies
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Lecture 13: Minimum Wage
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Lecture 14: Housing Policy
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Week 8: Automobiles
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Lecture 15: Automobiles Part I
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Lecture 16: Automobiles Part II
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Week 9: Transit & The Environment
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Lecture 17: Urban Transportation
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Lecture 18: The Environmental Consequences of Sorting
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Week 10: Topics & Review
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Lecture 19: The Geography of Income Inequality
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Lecture 20: Final Review
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Week 11: Final Exam