California, Hawaii, Texas, Oregon, and British Columbia control land use through regional or statewide public regulatory commissions which are ostensibly to protect the positive externalities generated through the use or [...]
To summarize, the empirical tests used in this study have found no support for the contention that physicians were initially regulated at the behest of the general population. Rather, empirical [...]
To summarize, the empirical tests used in this study have found no support for the contention that physicians were initially regulated at the behest of the general population. Rather, empirical [...]
The late 1960s and early 1970s brought increasing public concern over environmental issues such as rising population growth, resource depletion, and the overall quality of life. The State of Oregon, [...]
Regardless of the community's rationale for limiting growth, the result may be the exclusion of poor households from the community. Studies of growth control support the assertion that growth control [...]
This paper extends earlier work on the RID to patents relationship (Pakes-Griliches 1980, and Hausman, Hall, and Griliches,1984) to a larger but shorter panel of firms...R&D itself turns out to [...]
I analyse occupational licensing as an input regulation that requires minimum levels of human capital investment by professionals. By raising professionals' training levels, licensing helps alleviate moral hazard problems associated [...]
Using a virtually unique data base for Vancouver, Canada, this study examines the ways in which various zoning classifications and land uses affect the sale prices of single-family residences over [...]
An argument is often made that occupational licensure protects members of the regulated industry by limiting supply and raising earnings. The purpose of this study is to examine entry barriers [...]
The generally stated purpose for licensing and the primary justification for this use of the police power of the state is to ensure quality in services offered to the public. [...]