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Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Melanie Krause Ph.D.
Veranstaltungsart:
Interaktive Lehrveranstaltung
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
Semesterwochenstunden:
3
Credits:
6,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
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Kommentare/ Inhalte:
Cities are now home to more than half of the world's population and they keep on growing, with some megacities predicted to reach 10m, 20m or even 30m inhabitants. While cities have long been focal points of social and economic activity, we will discuss current key topics in urban economic research. In the first five units, we will lay the groundwork by learning about classical urban economic models, useful data sources and spatial econometric methods. Afterwards, students choose among current topics in urban economics, ranging from the role of primary cities over infrastructure to amenities. In groups of two students, they will analyze a recent top publication on their topic, replicate and extend it, conducting their own research to contribute some results.
Due to the uncertainty surrounding the corona pandemic, the course will be take place online. All participants registered for the course on Stine will receive an email just before the semester start, containing the link to the OpenOLAT website and a password. Please contact melanie.krause@uni-hamburg.de if you have any questions.
Course material on OpenOLAT: During the first lecture weeks, the course material will be made available on OpenOLAT: Lecture videos of the theoretical and methodological units, lecture slides, bibliography of the papers etc. Course participants are working their way through the material at their own pace, using the forum for discussions as well as the weekly interactions.
Weekly interaction via Zoom: Mondays, 11:00-12:00 (11.10., 18.10., 25.10., 01.11., 08.11., 15.11., 22.11., 06.12., 14.12., 03.01.) students will be able to discuss the course material and their progress on the seminar paper via Zoom. In addition, course participants can also use the Forum on OpenOLAT as well as email to ask questions.
Deciding on a topic: Students choose among a list of publications in urban economics for a paper to focus on. By 31 October, they are required to write down a one-page proposal of how they plan to replicate and extend the results (e.g. different data, additional variables). Students should work together in groups of two so that they can tackle a topic in more depth.
Presentations: Following the course schedule, students will holds a 20-minute presentation of their topic in the last three semester weeks - either via Zoom or face-to-face on campus:
Monday, 10 January (presentations during 09:00-12:00)
Monday, 17 January (presentations during 09:00-12:00)
Monday, 24 January (presentations during 09:00-12:00)
Seminar paper hand-in: Students are required to hand in their 12-page seminar paper by 15 February 2022. Papers should be sent by email to melanie.krause@uni-hamburg.de. The presentation will count for 30% of the final grade, the seminar paper 70%.
Lernziel:
Students will be able to conduct their own research in urban economics.
Vorgehen:
In the first five units, student will learn about both the theory and the empirical methods in order to gain the necessary skills. At the end of the course, students write their seminar paper and hold a presentation about the topic they investigated empirically. To do so, they will work in groups of two.
Literatur:
In additional to the recent journal publications which can be found in the bibliogrpahy, there are some recommendable books to read up on the background literature on urban economics and spatial economics:
- O'Sullivan, Arthur (2011), "Urban Economics", 8th ediction, McGraw-Hill Education
- Brueckner, Jan (2011), "Lectures on Urban Economics", MIT Press
- Anselin, Luc (1988), "Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models", Kluwer Academic Publishers
- LeSage, James (2009), "Introduction to Spatial Econometrics", Chapman
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
The course grade is based on students' 20-minute presentation (30%) and the 12-page seminar paper (70%).
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