Prospects and perils of fiscal impact analysis

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-41

  Edwards, Mary M ^a   Huddleston, Jack R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Development impacts; Fiscal impact analysis; Public finance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FISCAL POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 76749133299     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360903310477     Document Type: Article

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