Urban Extremism

Jan Brueckner and Amihai Glazer

No 50620, Working Papers from University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics

Abstract: Consider two types of residents, who prefer two different values of a policy. A current majority in some city, seeking to increase the probability that it will set policy in the following period, may adopt current policies that are particularly unattractive to the minority, leading some members of the minority to emigrate. Such behavior can lead to extremist policies, to wasteful taxes, and to similar inefficiencies.

Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2006-01
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