ECO B9502
Urban Economics
Office: NAC 5/139 D
Phone: 212-650-6213
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.geocities.com/ccnyeconprof
Required Text: Patrick McCarthy, Transportation Economics: Theory and Practice: A Case Study Approach. Blackwell Publishers, 2001. ISBN: 0-631-22180-8
Other readings on reserve at Cohen Library, including:
Tae
Hoon Oum et al., Transport Economics:
Selected
José Gómez-Ibáñez et al., Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer. Brookings Institution, 1999.
All lecture notes are on electronic reserve. See below.
Grading
Policy: Two Exams
(each counts for 35% of final grade)
Monday,
March 20, 2006
Homework (30% final grade)
There are NO MAKE UP EXAMS for this course. Unexcused absence from an exam will result in a grade of zero for that exam. Employment responsibility, broken alarm clocks, travel plans, exams in other courses, etc. do not constitute excused absences. If you must miss an exam, be sure to see me ASAP (at least TWO WEEKS) prior to the exam to arrange alternative plans. I remain the sole decision maker as to whether or not an excuse from an exam will be granted.
Emergencies (e.g., medical) resulting in an absence may be granted an excuse upon review by the instructor.
Homework is due at the beginning
of class on the date specified. All
homework received late will receive a grade of zero.
Additionally, I do not offer extra-credit work under any circumstances. You are expected to perform at your best on all regularly assigned work. Doing so avoids the need for any type of extra-credit work.
I will not grant grades of incomplete. The expected workload for this course is
spelled out in this syllabus. If you
have any reason to believe that you will not be able to handle the expected
work during the course of the semester, it is strongly recommended that you
drop the course immediately.
Lecture Notes: All
lecture notes for the course are available online from the Cohen Library’s
electronic reserves.
To access the notes
go to ccny.docutek.com/eres. The
password for the course is (see professor or hardcopy of syllabus).
Course Outline:
* = Required reading
*McCarthy, Chapter 1, An Overview
of Transportation Activities in the
*McCarthy, Chapter 2, The Statistical Analysis of Economic Relations
2. Demand
for Transport
*McCarthy, Chapter 3, Transportation Demand – The Divisible Goods Case
*McCarthy, Chapter 4, Transportation Demand – The Discrete Goods Case
Gómez-Ibáñez et al, Chapter 2
Oum et al., Chapter 1
3. Costs
*McCarthy, Chapter 5, Firm Production and Cost in Transportation – The Long Run
*McCarthy, Chapter 6, Firm Production and Cost in Transportation – The Short Run
Oum et al., Chapter 6
Gómez-Ibáñez et al, Chapter 3
4. Infrastructure
Investment
*McCarthy, Chapter 9, Transportation Investment
Gómez-Ibáñez et al, Chapter 5
5. Pricing,
Externalities, and Regulation
*McCarthy, Chapter 10, Welfare Effects of Public-Sector Pricing and Investment
*McCarthy, Chapter 11, Congestion Pricing
*McCarthy, Chapter 13, Public Health Effects of Transportation
Gómez-Ibáñez et al, Chapter 4
Oum et al., Chapter 17
Gómez-Ibáñez et al, Chapter 6
6. Location
*McCarthy, Chapter 12, Transportation and Land Use in Urban Areas