Lecture Notes | Real Estate Economics | Urban Studies and Planning | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Prof. William Wheaton

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Fall 2008

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Graduate

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Lecture Notes

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: The Urban Land Market, location, rents, prices

Week 3: The Urban Housing Market, Structures and Density

Week 4: Firm Site Selection and Industrial land Use

Week 5: Employment Decentralization, “edge” cities

Week 6: Retail Location and Market Competition

Week 7: Local Governments, Property Taxes and Real Estate

Week 8: Public Goods, Externalities, Development and regulations

Week 9: Housing Markets

Week 10: Commercial Markets

Week 11: Real Estate Cycles and Time Series Analysis

Week 12: Real Estate and Regional Economic Growth

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. William Wheaton

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Fall 2008

Level

Graduate

Topics

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