Land Problems and National Welfare.

The welfare economics of land use planning

This paper presents an empirical methodology for the evaluation of the beneÞts and costs of land use planning. The technique is applied in the context of the Town and Country Planning System of the UK, and examines the gross and net beneÞts of land use regulation and their distribution across income groups. The results show that the welfare and distributional impacts can be large. Proposed Runn...

National origin and immigrant welfare recipiency

This paper explores national origin differences in the welfare recipiency of immigrants to the United States. We develop an economic model of immigration which generates implications about how welfare utilization should vary according to characteristics of the country of origin. The empirical analysis reveals that a few source country characteristics explain over two-thirds of the variance of w...

Strategic Interaction, Trade Policy, and National Welfare

Some Land Surveying Problems

It is not probable that many of you would be interested in the academic presentation of a method for finding the area of a given polygon, as you each have a system of your own which is probably mathematically acceptable. However, I might take the liberty of citing to you pages 300 and 301 in Engineering Surveys, Elementary and Applied, by Rubey, Lommel, Todd, where you will find a good discussi...

Land Markets and their Regulation: The Welfare Economics of Planning

Whether called ‘planning’ or ‘zoning’, land markets are regulated in many cities and countries over the world. These interventions ensure the provision of certain amenities but researchers are increasingly becoming aware of the repercussions they have in land and housing markets, as well as in other segments of the economy. This chapter introduces welfare economics – though not an approach wide...