What motivates voters’ support for eminent domain reform: Ownership, vulnerability, or ideology?

John Hoehn () and Kwami Adanu

International Review of Law and Economics, 2014, vol. 37, issue C, 90-99

Abstract: The analysis evaluates factors that motivate voter support for eminent domain reform. Economic models emphasize property ownership as a motivation for eminent domain restrictions (Fleck & Hanssen, 2010; Lamoreaux, 2011). Other research and court opinions point to ideology and vulnerability to takings as motivations for eminent domain reform. The empirical analysis tests these hypotheses using data from state-level referenda that responded to the Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London. Property ownership, income, economic vulnerability and ideology have significant impacts on the odds of voting in favor of reform. Ethnic and educational factors do not have significant effects on reform outcomes.

Keywords: Eminent domain; Takings; Public use clause; Property rights; History; Voter behavior; Referenda; Fifth Amendment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H10 K11 N40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2013.07.006

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