John McDonald, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Economics
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Selected Publications
Economics of Urban Highway Congestion and Pricing, with E. d’Ouville and L.N. Liu, Kluwer, 1999.
Fundamentals of Urban Economics, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
Sources of Metropolitan Growth, edited with Edwin S. Mills, Rutgers University Press, 1991.
Economic Analysis of an Urban Housing Market, Academic Press, New York, 1979.
“Suburban Subcenters and Employment Density in Metropolitan Chicago,” Journal of Urban Economics, 43 (1998) pp. 157-180, with D. McMillen.
“Land Values in a Newly Zoned City,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 84 (2002) pp. 62-72, with D. McMillen.
Notable Honors
1995, Alumni Award for Distinguished Research, UIC College of Business Administration
Education
PhD, Yale, 1971
Professional Memberships
U.S. Editor, Urban Studies, 2001-present.
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, College of Business Administration, UIC 1999-2004.
Interim Head, Department of Finance, UIC, 1998-99.
Interim Head, Department of Information and Decision Sciences, UIC, 1998-99.
President, Illinois Economic Association, 1993-94
Editorial Board member: Journal of Urban Economics, 1989-present
Research Director, NCI Research, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1988-93
Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Economics, 1982-86.
Selected Presentations
Urban economic development - theory and policy
Congestion pricing on urban highways
Land values and zoning
Urban real estate markets
Research Currently in Progress
Urban economics, Real Estate economics