Effects of local tax structures on the factor intensity composition of manufacturing across cities
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The impact of differences in local economic conditions on economic activity distribution across cities is analyzed. A new data base developed from data from a cross-section of large US cities is used to assess the influence of local factors, particularly fiscal ones, on the factor intensity of manufacturing activity. Property taxes are demonstrated to enlarge the labor intensity of a municipality's manufacturing base, but corporate and payroll taxes are not shown to have any significant impact on manufacturing activity factor intensity across cities. High-wage cities are shown to have relatively capital-intensive manufacturing bases.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1987
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Impact fees, exclusionary zoning, and the density of new development
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The use of impact fees as an element of fiscal policy can affect real estate markets. Impact fees give communities flexibility in pricing entry into their jurisdictions, which lets current residents obtain the surplus related to new development. Impact fees can decrease the use of exclusionary zoning in communities and increase the optimal density of new development. Greater use of impact fees may change the centralization in core cities of poorer residents and others who demand high-density development.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1991
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On the political economy of land value capitalization and local public sector rent seeking in a Tiebout model
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A Tiebout model is used to analyze political capitalization when there is a rent-seeking local public sector which suggests a new approach to testing for the effects of successful local public worker rent seeking on property values. Research results indicate that in cities where local public employees earn higher wages than average, potential residents are compensated with lower property prices.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1989
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