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作者:Kettl, DF
作者单位:University of Pennsylvania
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作者:Hart, JA
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者:Heinrich, CJ
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
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作者:Hart, JA
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者:Kettl, DF
作者单位:University of Pennsylvania
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作者:Wassmer, RW; Baass, MC
作者单位:California State University System; California State University Sacramento
摘要:This paper examines the relationship between various quantitative measures of urban centralization and urban housing prices through the use of a 2000 data set from the 452 Census designated urbanized areas in the United States. An empirical study of this type is necessary because: (1) the theoretical influence of creating more centralized urban areas-or what many would consider less sprawl-on what people pay for housing is indeterminate, (2) now popular Smart Growth policies advocate more cent...
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作者:Heinrich, CJ
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
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作者:Brown, T; Potoski, M
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Iowa State University
摘要:Contracting critics suggest that when governments outsource, they reduce their capacity to produce services and manage service delivery. In this paper, we decompose the service delivery decision into service production and service management components. When governments contract for service production, they may also choose to contract for a portion of service delivery management. Studies that only compare the management activities of contracting and direct service delivery governments, without...
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作者:Wernstedt, K; Meyer, PB; Alberini, A
作者单位:University of Louisville; Northern Kentucky University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要:We employ a mail survey of private developers that uses conjoint choice experiments and Likert-scaled attitudinal questions to examine preferences for policy instruments and incentives intended to encourage brownfield cleanup and redevelopment. Our analysis suggests that developers judge public hearing requirements at brownfield redevelopments unattractive, but that they place a relatively high value on liability relief-from both cleanup costs and claims by third parties. Reimbursement of envi...