David M. Nowlan

Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Toronto
150 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada, M5S 3G7
tel. 416-929-5142; fax 416-929-5142 (call first)

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Go to a list of recent research papers

Among the research papers are the following:

(for publication details see the “list of recent research papers” above)

a study of the economic implications of the City of Toronto’s land transfer tax, as it was proposed in July 2007

economic implications of section 37 and of housing policies as proposed in the new City of Toronto Official Plan, 2006

the importance of residential and mixed use development in downtown Toronto

the economic effects of development charges introduced by the City of Toronto in 2004

the implications of easing or removing density limitations in the financial district of Toronto

a note on commercial property taxes in Toronto (pdf)

in 1991 Greg Stewart and I published an article in the Journal of the American Planning Association showing the effect on commuting travel of residential intensification in the central area of Toronto. Here is an update of that relationship to 2000 (pdf)

a look at the policy implications of local taxation in a metropolitan setting (pdf)

Jane Jacobs among the economists (pdf)

a technical paper on optimal trip pricing in an urban setting (pdf)

Teaching Notes:

The Simple Economics of Urban Land;

Optimal Property Development;

The Efficiency of the Urban Land Market: Transportation Minimization;

Introduction to Public Goods;

Barebones Outline of Neoclassical Growth Theory;

Barebones Outline of “New” Growth Theory;

Export Base and Input-output Models of Regional Development;

Calculating Land Transfer Tax Shares and Transactions Volumes from Demand and Supply Elasticities

For a number of years I taught a course on European Regional Economics as part of the University of Toronto’s summer program in Siena, Italy, a program run by the International Programs division of Woodsworth College. Click on the pointer below to see the 2006 course outline.

Web Page for the Siena Course in European Regional Economics

This page also has a set of web sites of interest to visitors to Tuscany and other parts of Italy.

For more information about the Siena summer program please contact the Woodsworth program staff at summer.program@utoronto.ca or visit the program web site at http://www.summerabroad.utoronto.ca/.

The following links may be of interest, but they are not kept up-to-date:

Urban Economics Web Links

Regional Economics Web Links

Telnet to the Humanities and Social Sciences Computing Centre("CHASS")