Economics of Zoning Laws

William A. Fischel is professor of economics at Dartmouth College.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Land Use and Land EconomicsChapter 2. The Structure and Administration of Zoning LawsChapter 3. The Role of the Courts: The Limits of ZoningChapter 4. Zoning Law in PracticeChapter 5. The Analytics of Land Use: The Property Rights ApproachChapter 6. The Propery Rights Approach in PerspectiveChapter 7. Suburban Zoning and Housing Supply: A Property Rights AnalysisChapter 8. The Taking Issue and ZoningChapter 9. Entitlement Protection and TakingsChapter 10. The Political Geography of ZoningChapter 11. Does Zoning Matter? Empirical Evidence on Zoning, Externalities, and Housing CostsChapter 12. Urban Economics and ZoningChapter 13. Suburban Development and Agricultural LandChapter 14. Zoning, Property Taxes, and the Tiebout ModelChapter 15. Opening Up the Suburbs and Growth ControlsBibliographyTable of CasesIndex

A readable study of zoning that constructively blends the traditional welfare economics analysis of land use regulation and empirical studies of the effect of zoning and new 'deregulation' proposals with a keen understanding of the social and economic motives of local officials... [T]he most complete, searching, and balanced analysis of the theoretical basis of land use controls ever published. Journal of the American Planning Association