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Institutionelle Aspekte der Regionalisierung von Wirtschafts- und Strukturpolitik
Wegener, Torsten - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Infolge der Regionalisierung von Wirtschafts- und Strukturpolitik entstehen entweder vollkommen neue Institutionen (horizontale Regionalisierung) oder Institutionen mit neuen Kompetenzen (vertikale Regionalisierung). Der Erfolg einer Regionalisierungspolitik läßt sich am Grad der...
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The mortgage interest deduction and its impact on homeownership decisions
Hilber, Christian A. L.; Turner, Tracy M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper examines the impact of the combined U.S. state and federal mortgage interest deduction (MID) on homeownership attainment, using data from 1984 to 2007 and exploiting variation in the subsidy arising from changes in the MID within and across states over time. We test whether...
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Migration in the People's Republic of China
Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran - 2016
opening up. Rapid urbanization in the PRC has resulted from recent decades of intense rural-urban migration. The scale of … interregional migration. Facing the challenges of fast urbanization and growing urban diseases, local governments still rely on the … lead to more social problems. Policy makers should reconsider the way to achieve efficient and harmonious urbanization by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546628
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Human capital and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Xing, Chunbing - 2016
The relationship between human capital development and urbanization in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is explored …, and guaranteeing equal opportunity for all residents are necessary for a sustainable urbanization process in the PRC. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561646
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The Political Impacts of Land Expropriation in China
Sha, Wenbiao - 2021
I study the political consequences of state expropriation of agricultural land in rural China by using national individual-level panel data for the period 2010-2018. Comparing outcomes before and after expropriation with changes among individuals not experiencing expropriation, I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233635
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Equitable access to land as a means of poverty reduction in rural china
Hao, Yan - 2011
In China, as in many developing countries, poverty is primarily a rural phenomenon. Considerable efforts have been made over the last few decades to reduce poverty in China's rural areas; and indeed, the poverty rate in these areas has fallen from 30.7% in 1978 to 3.8% in 2009. This paper begins...
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Do political parties matter for local land use policies?
Solé-Ollé, Albert; Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet - 2013
Despite interest in the impact of land use regulations on housing construction and housing prices, little is known about the drivers of these policies. The conventional wisdom holds that homeowners have an influence on restrictive local zoning. In this paper, we contend that the party...
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Do land use policies follow road construction
Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel; Solé-Ollé, Albert; … - 2014
We study whether local land use policies are modified in response to enhanced demand for building generated by a new highway, and examine the extent to which this effect of land use regulations affects building activity. We focus on the case of Spain during the last housing boom (1995-2007). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250036
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Equitable access to land as a means of poverty reduction in rural china
Hao, Yan - 2011
In China, as in many developing countries, poverty is primarily a rural phenomenon. Considerable efforts have been made over the last few decades to reduce poverty in China's rural areas; and indeed, the poverty rate in these areas has fallen from 30.7% in 1978 to 3.8% in 2009. This paper begins...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517904
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Developing an inventory and typology of land-use planning systems and policy instruments in OECD countries
Silva, Elisabete A.; Acheampong, Ransford A. - 2015
This report provides an overview of spatial and land-use planning systems in OECD countries1 focusing on: (i) the governance systems across countries, (ii) the institutional and legal frameworks for spatial planning, and (iii) the various policy instruments used at different levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402838