Robbing Peter to pay Peter: the economics of local public residency requirements

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The question of whether local residency requirements can be economically justified is explored for both the cities that order them and from a broader social angle. Several mathematical models are constructed of a city in an urban area to examine these questions. Residency requirements are found to reduce overall economic efficiency unless there is some other market imperfection. It is also shown, however, that individual jurisdictions might still benefit from such residency requirements. It is suggested that residency requirements provide a way for cities to avoid conforming with union seniority rules. Wages tend to be lower when residency requirements are in place.

Analysis, Interpretation and construction, Laws, regulations and rules, Industrial policy, Urban policy, Domicile, Domicile (Residence), Local laws

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On the effects of federal capital taxation on growing and declining areas

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Taxation is not the primary ill of economic land development. National economic policy exerts less influence than local stimuli in determining economic development or decline.

Research, Models, Tax research, Real estate development, Property taxes, Property tax

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Population density function for Ghanaian (African) cities: an empirical note

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As in all Africa, Ghana is undergoing extremely high population growth at low level incomes. Government planning agencies are trying to reduce inner-city population.

Demographic aspects, Cities and towns, Africa, Ghana, Population, Demography

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