Empirical evidence suggests that planning policies significantly impact on investment property market performance in the UK. It is less clear, however, how information about the planning policy environment feeds into investment decision-making. This paper seeks to explore this issue. It reports...

In this paper we are concerned with the relationship between the government’s supply-side policies, including development control regimes, and the performance of the retail property market. It is argued that the regulatory environment impacts on the prices paid by both users and owners of...

There is considerable case study based evidence that changes in the public policy environment have profoundly altered the structure and operation of retail property markets in England. Despite this, however, few studies of property market performance consider the influence of retail planning...

This paper specifies and estimates an econometric model of low and very low birthweight rates for counties in the U.S. for the years 1975-1984. We focus on the impact of several specific public policy actions on use of prenatal care and the subsequent effect on birthweight outcomes. Our results...

Rural enterprise needs to be encouraged to preservethe countryside – not just economically but socially and culturally. The logicfor policy measures to be introduced that encourage enterprise growth toconstitute some reversal of economic decline in rural areas is clear. Businessenterprises...

Background: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remain an inequitable cause of avoidable suffering and early death in many countries, including among Indigenous Māori and Pacific populations in New Zealand. There is a lack of robust evidence on interventions to prevent...

Canadian universities are world renowned for their leadership in research and education. Many Canadian universities undertake research efforts and teach students about the risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Most have also embraced a transition to lower the carbon footprint...