Using data from 1983 to 2009 on revenues, housing prices, and incomes, we forecast the impact of the U.S. housing crisis and "Great Recession" on the revenues of the nation's largest central cities for 2009--2013. We develop the concept of constructed cities, to allow valid comparisons across...

Using data from 1983 to 2009 on revenues, housing prices, and incomes, we forecast the impact of the U.S. housing crisis and "Great Recession" on the revenues of the nation's largest central cities for 2009--2013. We develop the concept of constructed cities, to allow valid comparisons across...