Dempsey, Judith A.; Plantinga, Andrew J. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 6, pp. 996-1007
Urban containment policies, including urban growth boundaries (UGBs), are a common tool used by city planners to promote compact development. We analyze how well UGBs do in containing development using fine-scale GIS data on cities in Oregon. Earlier studies on UGBs yield mixed results, with...