Free Parking versus Free Markets: A Review Essay on Donald Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking

Daniel B. Klein ()

No 83, Ratio Working Papers from The Ratio Institute

Abstract: Donald Shoup has written a massive tome on parking. This essay summarizes the key insights, evaluates the contribution, and interprets Shoup’s work as a form of strategic writing.

Keywords: Parking; parking requirements; curb parking; parking benefit district; privatization; decontrol; spontaneous order; esoteric writing; strategic writing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-01-26

Published in The Independent Review, 2006, pages 289-297.

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