Warding off Development
Local Control, Housing Supply, and Nimbys
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19313636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evan Mast (0000-0002-0774-0664, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 671-680 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6535 • E-ISSN: 1530-9142 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/rest_a_01192 |
| OpenAlex | W4280601725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 32 |
Local control of land-use regulation creates a not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) problem that can suppress housing construction, contributing to rising prices and potentially slowing economic growth. I study how increased local control affects housing production by exploiting a common electoral reform—changing from “at-large” to “ward” elections for town council. These reforms, which are not typically motivated by housing markets, shrink each representative’s constituency from the entire town to one ward. Results from a variety of difference-in-differences estimators show that this decentralization decreases housing units permitted by 20%, with similar effects on multi- and single-family permits. Effects are larger in whiter and higher-income towns
Business · Control (management) · Decentralization · Economics · Geography · Market economy · NIMBY · Public economics · Subdivision · Variety (cybernetics) · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
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Doubly robust difference-in-differences estimators
The Effects of Land-Use Constraints on Housing Prices
Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation
Adaptive linear step-up procedures that control the false discovery rate
Large Sample Properties of Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects
Pre-Event Trends in the Panel Event-Study Design
Two-Way Fixed Effects Estimators with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
Multiple Inference and Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention
Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing
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The causes and consequences of land use regulation
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At-Large Elections and Minority-Group Representation
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Policy Instrument Choices for Growth Management and Land Use Regulation
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Representation and Accountability in Cities
At‐Large Elections and Minority Representation in Local Government
Local Institutions and the Politics of Urban Growth
Is Housing Unaffordable? Why Isn't It More Affordable
Representation in Municipal Government
The Election of Blacks to City Councils
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |