Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe

With particular emphasis on the role and effectiveness of public policy, this volume focuses on the question: what can be learned from a rigorous comparison of the patterns and processes of urban concentrations of residents and employment in Western Europe and the United States? A wide range of methodological techniques are used - economic theory, econometrics, general economic analysis, regional science and institutional historical analysis - with full recognition of the political, social and economic factors underlying location decisions.