Temporary Eminent Domain

The Frontier of Eminent Domain

An Economic Analysis of Eminent Domain

A theoretical analysis of land assembly with and without eminent domain concludes that, contrary to traditional assumptions, eminent domain is not necessarily a more efficient institution than the free market for consolidating many contiguous but separately owned parcels into a single ownership unit. In practice, prices paid under eminent domain may differ systematically from the "fair market v...

The Economic Impacts of Eminent Domain

We model government takings of private property, embedding prominent theories of their economic consequences. Random assignment of U.S. judges and the fact that judges make takings precedent in a manner correlated with their race, political party, and prior government advocacy facilitate causal estimates of allowing government takings. Novel data on judicial biographies and takings decisions si...

Marginal Cost Pricing and Eminent Domain

There are three separate strands of literature in economics that are related to the efficiency of takings under eminent domain: one addresses the question of optimal compensation for properties that are taken, the second inquires how governments might learn the values of properties that they consider taking, while the third analyzes solutions to the problem of land assembly. This essay reviews ...

Eminent venereologists 2. Benjamin Bell.

The late 18th century was a time ofsexual latitude, and genital discharge and ulceration following "impure coition" were common. Gonorrhoea virulenta and Lues venerea (syphilis) were recognised clinically, but they were thought to be the same disease. The natural history of syphilis itself was poorly understood, and little was known about other causes of genital ulceration. Surgeons, physicians...