Carol Heim, Professor

Economics
902 Thompson Hall    
(413) 545-0854    
cheim@econs.umass.edu
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Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University, 1982

Research Interests: urban property development, planning, land use policy, housing

Carol Heim is Professor of Economics. She has published articles on regional and urban economic development and policy in the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Economic History Review, International Regional Science Review, Journal of Economic History, and Regional Studies. Her most recent publications are "Structural Changes: Regional and Urban," in The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, vol. 3, The Twentieth Century, eds. Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman (Cambridge, 2000) and "Leapfrogging, Urban Sprawl, and Growth Management: Phoenix, 1950-2000, "The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 60, no. 1, Jan. 2001. She has studied decline in older industrial regions and the effects of spatial policies in Europe and the United States. Her current research interests include urban property development, planning, and land use policy in U.S. metropolitan areas. She has received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.

Courses Taught: PUBP&ADM  697BB - ST: Urban & Housing Policy