J. Vernon Henderson
June 2002
Curriculum Vitae
1. Name: John Vernon Henderson
2. Address: Department of Economics
Brown
University
Providence,
Rhode Island 02912
Office
Phone: 401-863-2886 and 863-1417
Fax: 401-863-1970 and 401-863-9288
E-mail:
Vernon_Henderson@Brown.Edu
3. Education:
High
School: Ridley College, St. Catherines,
Ontario, 1964.
College: University of British Columbia, B.A.,
in honors
economics, 1968.
University: University of Chicago, A.M., Ph.D., economics,
1972.
Thesis Title: "The Sizes
and Types of
Cities."
4. a) Appointments
Related to Economics:
January, 1972 - June, 1974:
Assistant Professor of Economics, Queen's University, Canada.
January, 1974 - September, 1974: Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago.
July, 1974 - June, 1979:
Assistant Professor of Economics and Urban Studies, Brown University.
July, 1976 - January, 1977:
Visiting Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
July, 1979 - June, 1982:
Associate Professor of Economics and Urban Studies, Brown University.
May, 1986 - May, 1988:
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Campus,
India.
July, 1982 - Present:
Professor of Economics and Urban Studies, Brown University.
October, 1982 - Present:
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.
January, 1994 - Present:
Eastman Professor of Political Economy, Brown University.
b) Administrative Positions:
1986-1995: Chair,
Urban Studies Program, Brown University
1989-1992: Vice
Chair, Chair, Past Chair of the Faculty and the Faculty Executive Committee,
Brown University
1995-1998: Chair,
Economics Department, Brown University
1999-present: Chair,
Urban Studies Program, Brown University
5. a) Books or Monographs:
Peer Group Effects and Educational Production Functions,
with P. Mieszkowski and Y. Sauvageau, Economic Council of Canada, 1976.
Economic Theory and the Cities,
New York: Academic Press, 1977.
Research in Urban Economics,
Vols. 1-3, Greenwich: JAI Press.
Economic Theory and the Cities,
2nd edition, Academic Press, 1985.
Urban Development:
Theory, Fact, and Illusion, Oxford University
Press, 1988. Paperback edition, Oxford
Univ. Press, 1991.
Principles of Economics, D.C. Heath,
1991 (with Bill Poole).
b) Chapters in Books
"Analytical Propositions About the System of Cities in
an Economy," Policy Formation in an Open Economy, R.A. Mundell and
B.E. van Snellenberg (eds.), University of Waterloo, 1975.
"Theories of Group, Jurisdiction and City Size," Current
Issues in Urban Economics, P. Mieszkowski and M. Straszheim (eds.), Johns
Hopkins Press (1979).
"Industrialization and Urbanization, International
Experience" in National Research Council, Population Growth and
Economic Development: Background Papers,
Washington: National Academy Press,
1986.
"General Equilibrium Modeling of Systems of
Cities" in Handbooks in Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 2, P.
Nijkamp and E.S. Mills (eds.), North-Holland, 1987, 225-254.
"Aspects of Urban Concentration in Brazil" in The
Economics of Urbanization, George Tolley and Vinod Thomas (eds.), Johns
Hopkins Press, 1987.
"Systems of Cities and Inter-City Trade" in Fundamentals
of Pure and Applied Economics, 22, J. Lesourne and H. Sonnenschein (eds.),
Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987.
"The Impact of a Mexico-US Free Trade Agreement on
Industrial Location" in P. Garber (ed.), A North American Free Trade
Agreement, MIT Press, 1993.
"Comment on ‘Urban Concentration’ by Krugman," Annual
Conference on Development Economics, 1994, World Bank, 1995, 270-274.
"Comment on Krugman’s Urban Concentration," Japan
and the World Economy, 1996.
"Geographics of Smog," Perspectives: The Cato
Review of Business and Government, 1998, 21, 11-13.
"Intra Industry Specialization and Urban
Development" (with Randy Becker), in The Economics of Cities, J-M
Huriot and J. Thisse (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2000.
"Urban Scale Economies," Sage Handbook of Urban
Studies, R. Paddison (ed.), 2001.
"Costs
of Air Quality Regulation" (with Randy Becker) in Distributional and
Behavioral Effects of
Environmental Policy: Evidence
and Controversies, C Carraro and G. Metcalf (eds.), NBER
(through
U. of Chicago Press), 2001.
“The
Monopolistic Competition Model of Urban Economic Geography”, in The
Monopolistic
Competition
Revolution After Twenty-five Years, S Brakman and B.J.
Heijdra (eds.) Cambridge University Press, in press.
c) Articles:
"Increasing Returns to Scale, Free Trade and Factor
Mobility: A Note on Equilibrium," Canadian
Journal of Economics, 1972, pp. 293-298.
"Hierarchy Models of City Cize: An Economic Evaluation," Journal of
Regional Science, 1972, 435-441.
"Optimum City Size:
The External Diseconomy Question," Journal of Political Economy
(1974), 82, 373-388. An essay,
"Externality Policies and City Size," based upon this article is
published in J. Gardner, P. Graves, and G. Tolley (eds.), Urban Growth
Policy in a Market Economy, New York:
Academic Press, 1979.
"Public Goods, Efficiency, and Regional Fiscal
Equalization," Journal of Public Economics, (with F. Flatters and
P. Mieszkowski) (1974), 3, 99-112.
Reprinted in B.G. Brewal, et al., (eds.), The Economics of Federalism, Canberra:
Australian National University Press, 1980 and
in
J-F Thisse (ed.), Location Theory, Edward Elgar
Publishing
Ltd., United Kingdom, 1996.
"Road Congestion:
A Reconsideration of Pricing Theory," Journal of Urban Economics
(1974), 1, 346-365.
"The Sizes and Types of Cities," American
Economic Review (1974), 64, 640-656.
Reprinted in Location Theory, J.-F. Thisse (ed.), Edward Elgar
Publishing Limited UK 1996.
"A Note on the Economics of Public Intermediate
Inputs," Economica (1974), 41, 322-327.
"Congestion and Optimum City Size," Journal of
Urban Economics (1975), 2, 48-62.
"Externalities in a Spatial Context," Journal
of Public Economics (1977), 7, 89-110.
"Peer Group Effects and Education," Journal of
Public Economics (1978), 10, 97-106.
"Comment on Internalizing Pollution
Externalities," Journal of Urban Economics, 1979, 6, 405-6.
"Exploitation of the Lobster Fishery: Some Empirical Results," Journal of
Environmental Economic and Manage-ment (with M. Tugwell), 1979, 6,
287-296. Reprinted in Y.J. Ahmad, P.
Dasgupta, K-G Maler (eds.). Environ-mental
Decision Making, Vol. 2, United Nations Environmental Program, London: Hodder and Stoughton.
"Community Development: The Effects of Growth and Uncertainty," American Economic
Review, 1980, 70, 894-910.
"The Economics of Staggered Work Hours," Journal
of Urban Economics, 1981, 9, 349-364.
"Aspects of Growth in a System of Cities," Journal
of Urban Economics (with Y. Ioannides), 1981, 10, 117-139.
"Evaluating Consumer Amenities and International
Welfare Differences," Journal of Urban Economics, 1982, 11, 33-59. Reprinted in Regional Policy and Regional
Integra-tion, N. Hansen (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. UK 1996.
"Systems of Cities in Closed and Open Economies," Regional
Science and Urban Economics, 1982, 12, 325-350. Reprinted in N. Hansen (ed.), Regional Policy and Regional
Integration, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996.
"The Impact of Government Policies on Urban
Concentration," Journal of Urban Economics, 1982, 12, 280-303.
"A Model of Housing Tenure Choice," (with Y.
Ioannides), American Economic Review, 1983, 73, 98-113. Reprinted in The Economics of Housing,
J. Quigley (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom, 1997.
"The Impact of Zoning Policies Which Regulate Housing
Consumption," Journal of Urban Economics, 1985, 18, 302-312.
"The Tiebout Model:
Bring Back the Entrepreneurs," Journal of Political Economy,
1985, 93, 248-264.
"Property Tax Incidence: Exemptions and Perceptions," Journal of Political Economy,
1985, 93, 648-665.
"Population Composition of Cities: Restructuring the Tiebout Model," Journal
of Public Economics, 1985, 27, 131-156.
"Efficiency of Resources Usage and City Size," Journal
of Urban Economics, 1986, 19, 47-70.
"Urbanization in a Developing Country: City Size and Population Composition," Journal
of Development Economics, 1986, 22, 269-293.
"Tenure Choice and the Demand for Housing," Economica
(with Y. Ioannides), 1986, 53, 231-246.
"The Timing of Regional Development," Journal
of Development Economics, 1986, 23, 275-292.
"Owner-Occupancy:
Consumption vs. Investment Demand," (with Y. Ioannides), Journal
of Urban Economics, 1987, 21, 228-241.
"Locational Centralization of State Owned
Industries," Journal of Policy Modeling, November 1987.
"Dynamic Aspects of Consumer Decisions in Housing
Markets" (with Y. Ioannides), Journal of Urban Economics, 1989, 26,
212-230.
"Implicit Contracts and Reputation in Land Development
Markets" (with T. Miceli), Journal of Urban Economics, 1989, 26,
386-408.
"Separating Tiebout Equilibrium," Journal of
Urban Economics, 1991, 29, 128-152.
"Optimal Regulation of Land Use Through Price and
Fiscal Controls," Journal of Urban Economics, 1991, 30, 64-82.
"Urban Diversity and Fiscal Decentralization"
(with H. Abdel-Rahman), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1991, 21,
491-510.
"Peak-Shifting and Cost-Benefit Miscalculations," Regional
Science and Urban Economics, 1992, 22, 103-122.
"The Development of Non-Monocentric Cities," with
E. Slade, Journal of Urban Economics, 1993, 34, 207-229. Reprinted in Analytical Urban Economics,
H.W. Richardson (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, 1996.
"Where Does an Industry Locate," Journal of
Urban Economics, 1994, 35, 83-104.
"Community Choice of Revenue Instruments," Regional
Science and Urban Economics, 1994, 24, 158-184.
"Will Homeowners Impose Property Taxes," Regional
Science and Urban Economics, 1995, 25, 153-181.
"Industrial Development in Cities," Journal of
Political Economy (with Kuncoro and Turner), 1995, 103, 1067-1090.
"The Dynamics of Jabotabek Development," Bulletin
of Indonesian Economic Studies (with A. Kuncoro and D. Nasution), 1996.
"Effects of Air Quality Regulation," American
Economic Review, 1996, 86, 789-813.
"Industrial Centralization in Indonesia," (with A.
Kuncoro), World Bank Economic Review, 1996, 10, 513-540.
"The New Urban Landscape Developers and Edge
Cities," (with A. Mitra), Regional Science and Urban Economics,
1996, 26, 613-643.
"The Impact of Air Quality Regulation on Industrial
Location," Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, 1997, 123-137.
"Medium Size Cities," Regional Science and
Urban Economics, 1997, 27, 583-612.
"Externalities and Industrial Development," Journal
of Urban Economics, 1997, 42, 449-470.
"On the Pricing Strategy of a Land Developer,"
(with J. Thisse), Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 45,1-16.
"The Spatial Evolution of the Computer Industry in the
USA," (with Mark Beardsell), European Economic Review, 1999.
"The Theory of Urban Growth," (with D. Black), Journal
of Political Economy, 1999, 107, 252-284.
"Effects of Air Quality Regulations on Polluting
Industries," (with Randy Becker), Journal of Political Economy,
2000, 108, 379-421. Reprinted in Economic Costs and Consequences of
Environmental Regulation, W.B. Gray (ed.), Ashgate Publishing Limited,
forthcoming 2001.
"Political Economy of City Size and Formation"
(with Randy Becker) J. of Urban Economics, 2000, 48, 453-484.
"Scale Externalities in a Developing Country,"
(with T. Lee and Y-J Lee), Journal of Urban Economics, 2001, 49,
479-504.
"Geography and Development," (with Z. Shalizi and
A. Venables), Journal of Economic Geography, 2001, 1, 81-106.
"On Strategic Community Development," (with J-F
Thisse), Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, 546-569.
“Urban Primacy, External Costs, and Quality of Life”, Resource
and Energy Economics, (issue in honor of George Tolley), in press.
“Marshall's Scale Economies” Journal of
Urban Economics, forthcoming
“The
Urbanization Process and Economic Growth: The So-What Question”, Journal of
Economic
Growth, forthcoming
“Evidence
on the Political Economy of the Urbanization Process”, (with James Davis), Journal
of Urban Economics,
forthcoming
d) Papers and
Proceedings:
"Industrial Bases and City Size," American
Economic Review, May 1983, 73, 164-168.
"Births, Survival and Plant Sizes in Industrial Organic
Chemicals Under Air Quality Regulation" (with Randy Becker), Papers and
Proceedings of National Tax Association 1996 Meetings.
"Spatial Evolution of Population and Industry in the
USA," American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, May
1999.
6. Research in
Progress
How
Migration Restrictions Limit Agglomeration and Productivity in China, (with C.C
Au), NBER working paper 2002.
7. a) Fellowships:
John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1984-85.
Earhart
Foundation 1986.
b) Grants and Research Contracts:
National Science Foundation 1979-1980 to research the
economics of systems of cities.
National Science Foundation 1981-1983 to undertake an
empirical investigation of the production and city size relationships in the
system of cities in the U.S.A.
World Bank 1979-1982 to study urban development in South and
Southeast Brazil.
National Science Foundation 1982-1984 to research (with Y.
Ioannides) housing tenure choice and consumption. Refunded for 1984-1985.
World Bank 1983-1984 to study urban development in China.
National Science Foundation 1984-1986 to research aspects of
the Tiebout model.
National Science Foundation 1986-1988 to research aspects of
contractual arrangements in land markets.
World Bank 1991- to study impacts of US-Mexico FTA on
industrial location in USA.
National Science Foundation 1993-1995 to research the
relationship between industrial composition and urban air quality and to
examine the determinants of urban productivity.
National Science Foundation 1995-1998 to examine
determinants of productivity and to study firm decisions under air quality
regulation.
Asian Development Bank 1996-1997 to examine urbanization in
Asia.8.
National Science Foundation 1998-2001 to research
determinants of spatial evolution of cities and industries and to study
industrial productivity.
World Bank 1998-2001 to study effects of urbanization and
urban primacy on national economic growth.
National
Science Foundation 2001-2004 to study productivity, out-sourcing, and location
decisions in
the service sector.
World
Bank 2001-2003 to study urbanization and city growth worldwide and in China.
8) Service to the
Profession.
1978-Present:
Member of Editorial Board for the Journal of Urban Economics.
1983-Present:
Member of Editorial Board for Regional Science and Urban Economics.
1994-Present:
Member of Editorial Board for Journal of
Economic Growth.
1995-1997:
Member of Economics Panel for National Science Foundation.
1997-
present: Member of the Board for the U.S. Census Bureau's Boston Research Data
Center.
1998-1999:
Member OF AEA Nominating Committee.
1998-1999:
Member of AEA Program committee for papers and proceedings.
1999-
present: An editor for Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press.
1998-1999:
Team member, World Development Report 1999/00.
tee
for public economics