Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition

Preface..

Section I: Community Economic Development Theory.

1. Defining Community Economic Development.

2. Growth Theory.

3. Space and Community Economics.

4. Concepts of Community Markets..

Section II: Community Factor Markets.

5. Land Markets.

6. Labor Markets.

7. Financial Capital Markets.

8. Technology and Innovation.

9. Nonmarket Goods and Services: Amenities.

10. Local Government and Public Goods..

Section III: Institutions and the Art of Community Economics.

11. Institutions and Society.

12. Policy Modeling and Decision-Making.

13. The Practice of Community Economic Development..

Section IV: Tools of Community Economics.

14. Descriptive Tools of Community Economic Analysis.

15. Inferential Tools of Community Economic Analysis: fixed-Price Models.

16. Inferential Tools of Community Economic Analysis: Price: Endogenous Models.

17. Looking to the Future.

References.

Index.