Land Economics articles from February 1989

Land Economics archives from February 1989

Is zoning a negative-sum game?
February 1, 1989... Is Zoning a Negative-Sum Game? Zoning is the primary tool used by localities to regulate land use. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled zoning to be constitutional in 1926 it viewed zoning regulations as extensions of nuisance law, justified...

Agricultural property tax relief: tax credits, tax rates, and land values.
February 1, 1989... Agricultural Property Tax Relief: Tax Credits, Tax Rates, and Land Values The property tax treatment of agricultural land is an important element of the changing structure of state and local public finance. Over the past twenty years...

The downstream benefits of soil conservation in Third World hydroelectric watersheds.
February 1, 1989... The Downstream Benefits of Soil Conservation in Third World Hydroelectric Watersheds The third world is counting heavily on water resource development to foster economic growth. Less developed countries (LDCs) are irrigating more land, both...

Production in a schooling fishery: the case of the North Sea herring fishery.
February 1, 1989... Production in a Schooling Fishery: The Case of the North Sea Herring Fishery The purpose of this paper is to undertake an empirical analysis of the harvest (production) function for the North Sea herring fishery. The approach of the paper is...

Commodity specification and the framing of contingent-valuation questions.
February 1, 1989... Commodity Specification and the Framing of Contingent-Valuation Questions Contingent-valuation studies comprise a process of information transfer. A researcher, through a survey instrument, conveys information about the item being valued and...

The effect of wood and coal stoves on household use of electricity.
February 1, 1989... The Effect of Wood and Coal Stoves on Household Use of Electricity Since the energy crises of the 1970s, price increases have induced many forms of electric energy saving by households. Among these is the use of wood and coal stoves, which...

The analysis of geographic living-cost differentials: a brief empirical note.
February 1, 1989... The Analysis of Geographic Living-Cost Differentials: A Brief Empirical Note The determinants of geographic living-cost differentials in the United States have been examined extensively (cf. Cebula 1980; Cobas 1978; Grady 1981; Haworth and...