John F.
McDonald, Ph.D.
John McDonald is Emeritus Professor of Economics and
Finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He joined
the faculty of the UIC College of Business Administration
in 1971 after receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale
University. At UIC he has served as Professor of Economics
and Finance, Founding Director of the Center for Urban Real
Estate, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and
Research, and Interim Dean of the College of Business
Administration. Other positions held include Research
Director at NCI Research (Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, Northwestern University), and Adjunct Professor
of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, University
of Chicago
He is well known for his research in urban economics and
real estate, and is listed in the current edition of Who’s
Who in Economics. He is the author of seven books. His
first book, Economic Analysis of an Urban Housing Market,
is a study of the housing market of metropolitan Chicago
and was published in 1979. His textbook Fundamentals of
Urban Economics appeared in 1997. His work on urban traffic
congestion with Edmond d’Ouville and L. N. Liu was
published in 1999 as Economics of Urban Highway Congestion
and Pricing. Books include Urban America: Growth, Crisis,
and Rebirth, and a textbook Urban Economics and Real Estate
co-authored with John McMilllen.
McDonald was North American editor of Urban Studies from
2001 to 2005, and currently serves as editor of the Journal
of Real Estate Literature. He has been a member of the
editorial board of the Journal of Urban Economics since
1989, and was President of the Illinois Economic
Association during 1993-94.