Can the federal budget be constrained using congressionally self-imposed rules? The Budgetary Enforcement Act of 1990 (BEA90), in effect from 1992 to 2002, is frequently held up as an example of congressional control that largely succeeded in doing so and its expiration is considered a watershed...

This research studies the location of development within general purpose local governments that are overlapped by multiple independent school districts. The tested hypothesis is that local governments will be more permissive in granting development rights within its boundaries as their share of...