Robert W Wassmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4408899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Wassmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Wassmer |
| SIGNATURE | WASSMER R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Sacramento |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5237-6534 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Why cities resist new housing
California’s Fifth Regional Housing Needs Allocation provides forecasts of new housing units needed across four household income levels in cities for the periods 2013–2015 to 2021–2023 to address the state’s housing shortage, along with the permits issued for these units. Using regression analysis, we examine how local factors related to potential “Not in My Back Yard” (NIMBY) demographics and motivations, as well as housing allocation and approv…
Evidence That a Greater Presence of Latinx Faculty or Administrators Raises the Completion Rates of Various Cohorts of Community College Students
Only a quarter of full-time U.S. students complete their desired goal from community college attendance, with the rate of success even lower for Latinx students. This panel-data regression study looks for evidence regarding the expected influence of increasing the presence of Latinx faculty or administrators on cohort completion rates for all students, only Latinx students, and sub-samples of these two cohort types divided further by economic adv…
Past structural racism and present home prices
The widely acknowledged rating system of the Federal Homeowners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was a relative measure of pre-1940 racist practices in residential real estate activities in large United States central cities. It was not an assessment that guided HOLC or later Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage lending practices. The research question examined here is whether a similar home in different HOLC-rated neighborhoods in the City of S…
The Value of Proximity to a Vacation Home Rental in a Resort Community
Based upon a hedonic regression analysis of home sales in the City of South Lake Tahoe (CA), a vacation home rental (VHR) sells for more than a similar non-VHR. In addition, the presence of VHRs within a quarter-mile radius of a home sale also raises its value. However, the overall effect on the value of all home sale values from the presence of VHRs in South Lake Tahoe is negative. VHRs benefit owners and neighbors near them, but overall reduce …
The Impact of Learning Time on Academic Achievement
As schools aim to raise student academic achievement levels and districts wrangle with decreased funding, it is essential to understand the relationship between learning time and academic achievement. Using regression analysis and a data set drawn from California’s elementary school sites, we find a statistically significant and positive relationship between the number of instructional minutes in an academic year and school-site standardized test…
Privileged Spaces
Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States
This paper describes a statistical study of the contribution of theories previously offered by economists to explain differences in the degree of urban decentralization in the U.S. The focus is on a relative comparison of the influence of auto reliance. A regression analysis reveals that a 10 percent reduction in the percentage of households owning one or more autos would reduce the square mile size of an urban area by only 0.5 percent and raise …
Does a more centralized urban form raise housing prices
This paper examines the relationship between various quantitative measures of urban centralization and urban housing prices through the use of a 2000 data set from the 452 Census designated urbanized areas in the United States. An empirical study of this type is necessary because: (1) the theoretical influence of creating more centralized urban areas—or what many would consider less “sprawl”—on what people pay for housing is indeterminate, (2) no…
Who Supports Local Growth and Regional Planning to Deal with Its Consequences
Using 1989 and 2002 California survey data, this article offers a multivariate statistical analysis of factors that determine individual support for further growth in one's county as well as support for regional coordination of local land-use decisions. Women and residents of higher per capita income counties were more likely to believe that their county had reached its growth limit. In 2002 we also found that aging changes one's opinion on this …
Why Not in My Backyard? Neighborhood Impacts of Deconcentrating Assisted Housing
Public Sector Technical Inefficiency in Large U.S. Cities
Economic Influences on the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Fiscal dynamics of local elected officials
Can Local Incentives Alter a Metropolitan City's Economic Development
Cities in the US and Europe have chosen increasingly to offer incentives designed to attract and retain local economic development. The increased use of local incentives has occurred with little or no empirical test of their effectiveness. This paper contains a statistical method that can be applied to any group of cities to measure the 'additive effect', or lack of it, that incentives exert on local economic development. Regression analysis appl…
Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States
This paper describes a statistical study of the contribution of theories previously offered by economists to explain differences in the degree of urban decentralization in the U.S. The focus is on a relative comparison of the influence of auto reliance. A regression analysis reveals that a 10 percent reduction in the percentage of households owning one or more autos would reduce the square mile size of an urban area by only 0.5 percent and raise …
Who Supports Local Growth and Regional Planning to Deal with Its Consequences
Using 1989 and 2002 California survey data, this article offers a multivariate statistical analysis of factors that determine individual support for further growth in one's county as well as support for regional coordination of local land-use decisions. Women and residents of higher per capita income counties were more likely to believe that their county had reached its growth limit. In 2002 we also found that aging changes one's opinion on this …
Economic Influences on the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Public Sector Technical Inefficiency in Large U.S. Cities
Can Local Incentives Alter a Metropolitan City's Economic Development
Cities in the US and Europe have chosen increasingly to offer incentives designed to attract and retain local economic development. The increased use of local incentives has occurred with little or no empirical test of their effectiveness. This paper contains a statistical method that can be applied to any group of cities to measure the 'additive effect', or lack of it, that incentives exert on local economic development. Regression analysis appl…
Does a more centralized urban form raise housing prices
This paper examines the relationship between various quantitative measures of urban centralization and urban housing prices through the use of a 2000 data set from the 452 Census designated urbanized areas in the United States. An empirical study of this type is necessary because: (1) the theoretical influence of creating more centralized urban areas—or what many would consider less “sprawl”—on what people pay for housing is indeterminate, (2) no…
Fiscal dynamics of local elected officials
Past structural racism and present home prices
The widely acknowledged rating system of the Federal Homeowners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was a relative measure of pre-1940 racist practices in residential real estate activities in large United States central cities. It was not an assessment that guided HOLC or later Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage lending practices. The research question examined here is whether a similar home in different HOLC-rated neighborhoods in the City of S…
The Impact of Learning Time on Academic Achievement
As schools aim to raise student academic achievement levels and districts wrangle with decreased funding, it is essential to understand the relationship between learning time and academic achievement. Using regression analysis and a data set drawn from California’s elementary school sites, we find a statistically significant and positive relationship between the number of instructional minutes in an academic year and school-site standardized test…
Can Local Incentives Alter a Metropolitan City's Economic Development
Cities in the US and Europe have chosen increasingly to offer incentives designed to attract and retain local economic development. The increased use of local incentives has occurred with little or no empirical test of their effectiveness. This paper contains a statistical method that can be applied to any group of cities to measure the 'additive effect', or lack of it, that incentives exert on local economic development. Regression analysis appl…
Fiscal dynamics of local elected officials
Economic Influences on the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Public Sector Technical Inefficiency in Large U.S. Cities
Why Not in My Backyard? Neighborhood Impacts of Deconcentrating Assisted Housing
Does a more centralized urban form raise housing prices
This paper examines the relationship between various quantitative measures of urban centralization and urban housing prices through the use of a 2000 data set from the 452 Census designated urbanized areas in the United States. An empirical study of this type is necessary because: (1) the theoretical influence of creating more centralized urban areas—or what many would consider less “sprawl”—on what people pay for housing is indeterminate, (2) no…
Who Supports Local Growth and Regional Planning to Deal with Its Consequences
Using 1989 and 2002 California survey data, this article offers a multivariate statistical analysis of factors that determine individual support for further growth in one's county as well as support for regional coordination of local land-use decisions. Women and residents of higher per capita income counties were more likely to believe that their county had reached its growth limit. In 2002 we also found that aging changes one's opinion on this …
Privileged Spaces
Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States
This paper describes a statistical study of the contribution of theories previously offered by economists to explain differences in the degree of urban decentralization in the U.S. The focus is on a relative comparison of the influence of auto reliance. A regression analysis reveals that a 10 percent reduction in the percentage of households owning one or more autos would reduce the square mile size of an urban area by only 0.5 percent and raise …
The Impact of Learning Time on Academic Achievement
As schools aim to raise student academic achievement levels and districts wrangle with decreased funding, it is essential to understand the relationship between learning time and academic achievement. Using regression analysis and a data set drawn from California’s elementary school sites, we find a statistically significant and positive relationship between the number of instructional minutes in an academic year and school-site standardized test…
The Value of Proximity to a Vacation Home Rental in a Resort Community
Based upon a hedonic regression analysis of home sales in the City of South Lake Tahoe (CA), a vacation home rental (VHR) sells for more than a similar non-VHR. In addition, the presence of VHRs within a quarter-mile radius of a home sale also raises its value. However, the overall effect on the value of all home sale values from the presence of VHRs in South Lake Tahoe is negative. VHRs benefit owners and neighbors near them, but overall reduce …
Evidence That a Greater Presence of Latinx Faculty or Administrators Raises the Completion Rates of Various Cohorts of Community College Students
Only a quarter of full-time U.S. students complete their desired goal from community college attendance, with the rate of success even lower for Latinx students. This panel-data regression study looks for evidence regarding the expected influence of increasing the presence of Latinx faculty or administrators on cohort completion rates for all students, only Latinx students, and sub-samples of these two cohort types divided further by economic adv…
Past structural racism and present home prices
The widely acknowledged rating system of the Federal Homeowners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was a relative measure of pre-1940 racist practices in residential real estate activities in large United States central cities. It was not an assessment that guided HOLC or later Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage lending practices. The research question examined here is whether a similar home in different HOLC-rated neighborhoods in the City of S…
Why cities resist new housing
California’s Fifth Regional Housing Needs Allocation provides forecasts of new housing units needed across four household income levels in cities for the periods 2013–2015 to 2021–2023 to address the state’s housing shortage, along with the permits issued for these units. Using regression analysis, we examine how local factors related to potential “Not in My Back Yard” (NIMBY) demographics and motivations, as well as housing allocation and approv…
Economics (11 works) · Geography (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Housing Market and Economics (5 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Political science (4 works)