On the theory of growth controls
[We show] in our model that the primary beneficiaries of growth controls are owners of developed land, e.g., homeowners, while the primary losers are owners of undeveloped land. Since the [...]
Determinants of Restrictive Residential Zoning: Empirical Findings
This study proposes, and finds evidence supporting, the hypothesis that restrictive residential land-use and minimum lot-size zoning are substitute ways of controlling the population intensity of future residential development. In [...]
Evaluating the Demand for Residential Growth Controls
This paper estimates the demand for residential growth controls using voting results for the November 1988 election in San Diego County. An empirical model is estimated to determine the effect [...]
Strategic control of growth in a system of cities
This paper provides an analysis of the supply-restriction model of growth controls. Growth controls in such a model harm consumers while enriching landowners, and they will only be adopted if [...]
Market Oriented Planning: Principles and Tools
Under urban planning in the United States, virtually every major development is subjected to the vagaries of the rezoning process and the uncertainties associated with legislative review by planning boards [...]
Community development with endogenous land use controls
When competitive landowners/developers control incorporation and zoning decisions, efficient patterns of development emerge. When, by contrast, early arrivals control policy, they may impose zoning restrictions that force later entrants to [...]
Urban Spatial Structure
What then is the appropriate role of government with respect to urban spatial structure, from the perspective of the monocentric model? If automobile travel cannot be priced efficiently then government [...]
Testing for Strategic Interaction Among Local Governments: The Case of Growth Controls
By showing evidence of strategic interaction in the choice of growth controls, the paper suggests that important local policy decisions of this type are not taken in a vacuum. When [...]
Why Are There NIMBYs?
An owner-occupied home is an unusual asset because it cannot be diversified among locations and because it is the only sizable asset that most owners possess. Among the uninsured risks [...]
Homevoters, Municipal Corporate Governance, and the Benefit View of the Property Tax
Tiebout’s “vote with your feet” model dispensed with political behavior in local government. The present article offers a political model borrowed from corporate finance. Local governments are viewed as municipal [...]