Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Vol. 34, No. 3, Summer 2020

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Author

Front Matter

(pp. 1–6)

Symposium: Productivity Advantages of Cities

The Economics of Urban Density

by Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga

(pp. 3–26)

How Close Is Close? The Spatial Reach of Agglomeration Economies

by Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange

(pp. 27–49)

Tech Clusters

by William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

(pp. 50–76)

Internal Mobility: The Greater Responsiveness of Foreign-Born to Economic Conditions

by Gaetano Basso and Giovanni Peri

(pp. 77–98)

Symposium: Place-Based Policies

Using Place-Based Jobs Policies to Help Distressed Communities

by Timothy J. Bartik

(pp. 99–127)

Place-Based Policies and Spatial Disparities across European Cities

by Maximilian v. Ehrlich and Henry G. Overman

(pp. 128–49)

Symposium: Cities in Developing Countries

Urbanization in the Developing World: Too Early or Too Slow?

by J. Vernon Henderson and Matthew A. Turner

(pp. 150–73)

Urban-Rural Gaps in the Developing World: Does Internal Migration Offer Opportunities?

by David Lagakos

(pp. 174–92)

Articles

How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession

by Amanda Bayer, Gary A. Hoover, and Ebonya Washington

(pp. 193–219)

Facts and Myths about Misperceptions

by Brendan Nyhan

(pp. 220–36)

Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation: What We Know and How Much We Still Need to Learn

by Josh Lerner and Ramana Nanda

(pp. 237–61)

Features

Recommendations for Further Reading

by Timothy Taylor

(pp. 262–69)