ECON 3855

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ECON 3855
Urban Economics

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. The Catalog/Courses of Study 2025-2026 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course introduces the concepts and methods used by economists to study not only cities, regions and their relationships with each other, but, more generally, the spatial aspects and outcomes of decision-making by households and firms. Areas examined include determinants of urban growth and decline, land and housing markets, transportation issues, segregation and poverty, and the allocation and distribution of urban public services. 

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: microeconomics course.

Distribution Category (SCD-AS, SSC-AS) (D-AG, SBA-AG)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CRP 4040, CRP 5040

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19242 ECON 3855   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Brooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person