constitutional, because they serve the legitimate state interest of encouraging neighborhood preservation. In this paper we examine … whether acquisition systems of property taxation increase neighborhood specific social capital investments; specifically …

In urban renewal policy, it has become a widespread goal to revitalise neighbourhood economies. The rationale for these … objectives is to activate local inter-firm cooperation. This article examines the neighbourhood-related requirements and … commitment of small firms. It draws on the results of a case study incorporating five German cities in which the neighbourhood …

importance of neighbourhood stability. However, amongst the vast number of studies on the effect of neighbours on a child …'s education, none has tested whether neighbourhood stability matters. We fill this gap by estimating the causal effect of … residential turnover on student test score gains. We show that high neighbourhood turnover reduces value added for students who …