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Journal Articles

2021

1. Do Higher Land Costs for New Single-Family Housing Inhibit Economic Activity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas?
   Economic Development Quarterly, 2021, 35, (4), 325-337

2020

2. The Effects of Property Tax Abatements on School District Property Tax Bases and Rates
   Economic Development Quarterly, 2020, 34, (3), 227-241 View citations (3)

2019

3. Does the Likely Demographics of Affordable Housing Justify NIMBYism?
   Housing Policy Debate, 2019, 29, (2), 343-358 View citations (2)
4. Does the Likely Demographics of Affordable Housing [Motivate] NIMBYism
   Housing Policy Debate, 2019, 29, (2), 374-379 View citations (1)

2017

5. Does Perception of Gas Tax Paid Influence Support for Funding Highway Improvements?
   Public Finance Review, 2017, 45, (4), 511-537 View citations (3)

2016

6. Further empirical evidence on residential property taxation and the occurrence of urban sprawl
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2016, 61, (C), 73-85 View citations (9)
7. Suggestions for the Needed Standardization of Determining the Local Economic Impact of Professional Sports
   Economic Development Quarterly, 2016, 30, (3), 252-266 View citations (7)

2015

8. An Analysis of State–Local Government Capital Expenditure During the 2000s[We present]
   Public Budgeting & Finance, 2015, 35, (1), 3-28 View citations (1)

2014

9. The Issuance of State and Local Debt During the United States Great Recession
   National Tax Journal, 2014, 67, (1), 113-150 View citations (6)

2011

10. The recent pervasive external effects of residential home foreclosure
    Housing Policy Debate, 2011, 21, (2), 247-265 View citations (7)

2009

11. Sub-national Fiscal Activity as a Determinant of Individual Happiness: Ideology Matters
    Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, 10, (5), 563-582 View citations (6)

2008

12. Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States: Auto reliance as compared to natural evolution, flight from blight, and local revenue reliance
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008, 27, (3), 536-555 View citations (26)

2006

13. Does a more centralized urban form raise housing prices?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006, 25, (2), 439-462
14. The Influence of Local Urban Containment Policies and Statewide Growth Management on the Size of United States Urban Areas*
    Journal of Regional Science, 2006, 46, (1), 25-65 View citations (43)

2003

15. Improving educational productivity: Edited by David H. Monk, Herbert J. Walberg, and Margaret C. Wang. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2001. pp. 243. Price: $63.95 (paper)
    Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22, (6), 651-652

2002

16. Fiscalisation of Land Use, Urban Growth Boundaries and Non-central Retail Sprawl in the Western United States
    Urban Studies, 2002, 39, (8), 1307-1327 View citations (22)
17. Interstate variation in the use of fees to fund K-12 public education
    Economics of Education Review, 2002, 21, (1), 87-100 View citations (5)

2001

18. Bidding for Business: New Evidence on the Effect of Locally Offered Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2001, 15, (2), 132-148 View citations (14)
19. Making money matter: financing America's schools: Helen F. Ladd and Janet S. Hansen (Eds); National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1999, pp. iv+352, Price US $39.95 cloth
    Economics of Education Review, 2001, 20, (6), 609-611
20. Metropolitan Prosperity from Major League Sports in the CBD: Stadia Locations or Just Strength of the Central City? A Reply to Arthur C. Nelson
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2001, 15, (3), 266-271 View citations (7)

1999

21. Public Sector Technical Inefficiency in Large U.S. Cities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 46, (2), 278-299 View citations (61)

1998

22. Economic Influences on the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (3), 444-471 View citations (12)

1997

23. School Finance Reform: an Empirical Test of the Economics of Public Opinion Formation
    Public Finance Review, 1997, 25, (4), 393-425

1995

24. Centralizing Educational Responsibility in Michigan and Other States: New Constraints on States and Localities
    National Tax Journal, 1995, 48, (3), 417-28 View citations (3)
25. Fiscal Dynamics of Local Elected Officials
    Public Choice, 1995, 83, (3-4), 221-49 View citations (7)
26. The decision to 'bid for business': Municipal behavior in granting property tax abatements
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1995, 25, (6), 739-757 View citations (34)

1994

27. Can Local Incentives Alter a Metropolitan City's Economic Development?
    Urban Studies, 1994, 31, (8), 1251-1278 View citations (15)

1993

28. Property Taxation, Property Base, and Property Value: An Empirical Test of the 'New View'
    National Tax Journal, 1993, 46, (2), 135-59 View citations (22)

1992

29. Optimal mortgage design when transaction costs constrain mobility
    Journal of Housing Economics, 1992, 2, (1), 17-36 View citations (4)
30. Property Tax Abatement and the Simultaneous Determination of Local Fiscal Variables in a Metropolitan Area
    Land Economics, 1992, 68, (3), 263-282 View citations (6)

1990

31. Local Fiscal Variables and Intrametropolitan Firm Location: Regression Evidence from the United States and Research Suggestions
    Environment and Planning C, 1990, 8, (3), 283-296 View citations (1)

Books

2000

1. Bidding for Business: The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (21)

Chapters

2010

1. California’s State and Local Revenue Structure After Proposition 13: Is Denial the Appropriate Way to Cope?
   Chapter 5 in State and Local Fiscal Policy, 2010

2003

2. The influence of local fiscal structure and growth control choices on 'big-box' urban sprawl in the American West
   Chapter 4 in The Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation, 2003 View citations (4)