Housing and Commuting: The Theory of Urban Residential Structure

an e-book
by John Yinger
Version 1.4:  December 2006

 

with contributions by:
Seok Joon Choi, Sheldon Danziger, Jan Ondrich, Stephen Ross, Alex Stricker, Bo Zhao

 

Table of Contents

 

Part 1.  The Basic Urban Model
 
Chapter 1.1 Introduction
   
Chapter 1.2. Introduction to Urban Models
   
Chapter 1.3. The Basic Urban Model  
   
Part 2.  The Urban Transportation System
   
Chapter 2.1.S John Yinger, “Around the Block: Urban Models with a Street Grid." Journal of Urban Economics, May 1993, pp. 305-330.
   
Chapter 2.2.S John Yinger, “Bumper to Bumper: A New Approach to Congestion in an Urban Model." Journal of Urban Economics, November 1993, pp. 249-274.
   
Chapter 2.3.S Stephan Ross and John Yinger, “Timing Equilibira in an Urban Model with Congestion." Journal of Urban Economics, May 2000, pp. 390-413.
   
Part 3.  Amenities, Sorting, and Urban Labor Markets
   
Chapter 3.1.M  John Yinger and Sheldon Danziger, An Equilibrium Model of Urban Population and the Distribution of Income, Urban Studies, May 1978, pp. 201-214. Search on this link under "Yinger"
   
Chapter 3.2.S  Stephan Ross and John Yinger, Comparative Static Analysis of Open Urban Models with a Full Labor Market and Suburban Employment." Regional Science and Urban Economics, October 1995, pp. 575-605.
   
Part 4.  The Causes of Discrimination by Real Estate Brokers
   
Chapter 4.1.J John Yinger, “Measuring Racial Discrimination with Fair Housing Audits: Caught in the Act."  American Economic Review, Vol. 76, Issue 5, December 1986, pp. 881‑893.
Chapter 4.2.S John Yinger, “Cash in Your Face: The Cost of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Housing."  Journal of Urban Economics, November 1997, pp. 339-365.
   
Chapter 4.3J John Yinger, "Evidence on Discrimination in Consumer Markets.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol.12, Issue 2, Spring 1998, pp. 23-40.
   
Chapter 4.4. Jan Ondrich, Stephen Ross, and John Yinger, “Geography of Housing Discrimination.”  Journal of Housing Research, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2001, pp. 217-238.   
   
Chapter 4.5. Jan Ondrich, Stephen Ross, and John Yinger, "Now You See It, Now You don't: Why Real Estate Agents Withhold Houses from Black Customers?" Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2003, pp. 854-873
   
Chapter 4.6.S Seok Joon Choi, Jan Ondrich, and John Yinger, "Do Rental Agents Discriminate Against Minority Customers?  Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study." Journal of Housing Economics, Forthcoming.
   
Chapter 4.7.S Bo Zhao, Jan Ondrich, and John Yinger, "Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate?  Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study."  Journal of Urban Economics, May 2006, 59(3) pp. 394-419.
   
Part 5.  Urban Public Finance
Chapter 5.1.J "Capitalization and the Theory of Local Public Finance." Journal of Political Economy, September 1982, pp. 917‑943.
   
Chapter 5.2.G "Capitalization and Sorting: A Revision." Public Finance Quarterly, April 1995, pp. 217-225. 
   
Chapter 5.3. Bidding and Sorting
   
Chapter 5.4. Property Tax Capitalization
Chapter 5.5. Ross, Stephen and John Yinger  "Sorting and Voting: A Review of the Literature on Urban Public Finance."  In Paul Cheshire and Edwin S. Mills (eds.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol.  3, Amsterdam: North-Holland. 1999, pp. 2001-2060.
 
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