Populations of many countries are expected to decrease rapidly, with a simultaneous increase in the proportion of elderly people. These population dynamics will affect residential location patterns of young and old people because of their different preferences for local (zonal) amenities. Using...

Some commentators describe comprehensive land use planning as a potential remedy for suburban sprawl. But in fact, states that require municipal comprehensive plans can be just as automobile-oriented as more permissive states. Why is this the case? Because like zoning codes, municipal...

Since late 1980s China's urban land use began to change from administrative allocation to public land leasing. Compared to existing studies that focus more on the land market, this paper tries to provide another perspective on public land leasing that links urban institutions, land use, rent and...

Housing rents and home prices in many areas of the nation, including Florida, have increased much faster than the cost of construction since the 1990s, squeezing the household budgets of middle- and lower-income families. In this study we examine local impact fees and land-use regulations in...

The technocratic interventions in agrarian economy, since late 1960s, have consolidated the position of large landowners and farmers in north western India, and made them prosperous. However, there was virtually no land market in this rural society up till now; land was possessed and transferred...

"Regulatory property" is the right to engage in specified activities, made valuable by government prohibitions against competitors, and protected by de jure or de facto status as property. This Article explores regulatory property and focuses upon its applications in land use regulation. It...

This critical analysis contributes to a better understanding of urban land values by unifying the real option and redevelopment decision literatures within a broader context of real estate valuation. By combining these heretofore disparate literatures in this way, both academics and practioners...

This paper studies the determinants of the spatial pattern of urban land development. Our study is motivated by an interesting fact observed in the past decade, the fact that the fastest-growing Chinese cities have undergone outward expansion of urban land development with relatively low use...

This Essay surveys contemporary issues in American land use regulation. Its central claim is that, despite good intentions, regulations often have either been ineffective or exacerbated existing problems. The problems underlying regulation include contested understandings of private property...

Despite the large impact institutions have on the allocation of population, it remains an open question which institutions produce an efficient allocation of people across cities. Due to agglomeration, differences in amenities, and congestion, cities experience decreasing returns to population...