Economics of Zoning Laws

A Property Rights Approach to American Land Use Controls

Häftad, Engelska, 1987

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Beskrivning

Land use controls can affect the quality of the environment, the provision of public services, the distribution of income and wealth, the development of natural resources, and the growth of the national economy. The Economics of Zoning Laws is the first book to apply the modern economic theory of property rights to all major aspects of zoning.Zoning laws are neither irrational constrints on otherwise efficient markets nor disinterested attempts to correct market failure. Rather, zoning must be viewed as a collective property right, vested in local governments and administered by politicians who rationally repsond to their constituents and to developers as markets for development rights arise.The Economics of Zoning Laws develops the economic theories of property rights and public choice and applies them to three zoning controversies: the siting of a large industrial plant, the exclusionary zoning of the suburbs, and the constitutional protection of propery owners from excessive regulation. Economic and legal theory, William Fischel contends, suggest that payment of damages under the taking clause of the Constitution may provide the most effective remedy for excessive zoning regulations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1987-09-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:539 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801835629

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Nationalekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

William A. Fischel is professor of economics at Dartmouth College.

Recensioner i media

A readable study of zoning that constructively blends the traditional welfare economics analysis of land use regulation and empirical studies of the effect of zoning and new 'deregulation' proposals with a keen understanding of the social and economic motives of local officials... [T]he most complete, searching, and balanced analysis of the theoretical basis of land use controls ever published. Journal of the American Planning Association

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Land Use and Land EconomicsChapter 2. The Structure and Administration of Zoning LawsChapter 3. The Role of the Courts: The Limits of ZoningChapter 4. Zoning Law in PracticeChapter 5. The Analytics of Land Use: The Property Rights ApproachChapter 6. The Propery Rights Approach in PerspectiveChapter 7. Suburban Zoning and Housing Supply: A Property Rights AnalysisChapter 8. The Taking Issue and ZoningChapter 9. Entitlement Protection and TakingsChapter 10. The Political Geography of ZoningChapter 11. Does Zoning Matter? Empirical Evidence on Zoning, Externalities, and Housing CostsChapter 12. Urban Economics and ZoningChapter 13. Suburban Development and Agricultural LandChapter 14. Zoning, Property Taxes, and the Tiebout ModelChapter 15. Opening Up the Suburbs and Growth ControlsBibliographyTable of CasesIndex