Modeling local growth control decisions in a multi-city case: Do spatial interactions and lobbying efforts matter?

Public Choice

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-117

  Schone, Katharina ^a   Koch, Wilfried ^b   Baumont, Catherine ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Growth control; Land use regulation; Lobbying; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871242075     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9811-1     Document Type: Article

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