Books written by William A. Fischel
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Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts
§6.4 Ely, James W., Jr. 1992. The Guardian of Every Other Right: A ... §§2.5,2.9 Faragher, John M. 1986. Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie. ... William J. Fowler, Jr., 77–128. Washington: National Center for Education Statistics ...
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The Homevoter Hypothesis: How Home Values Influence Local Government Taxation, School Finance, and Land-Use Policies
[ $ 5.14 ] Niskanen , William A. , Jr. 1971. Bureaucracy and Representative Government . Chicago : Aldine . [ S $ 2.5 , 4.11 ] North , Douglas C. , and Barry R. Weingast . 1989. " Constitutions and Commitment : Evolution of Institutions ...
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Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics
As I have noted elsewhere in this book , modern political economy has often focused on how less - than - majority interest groups appropriate government largess ( William Niskanen 1971 ; George Stigler 1971 ) .
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The Homevoter Hypothesis: How Home Values Influence Local Government Taxation, School Finance, and Land-Use Policies
Influential books such as Paul Peterson's City Limits (1981) have delved into the politics of large places. Peterson's outlook is similar in many ways to mine, especially his views that cities compete with one another in an economic ...
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The Economics of Zoning Laws: A Property Rights Approach to American Land Use Controls
Mahon , 260 U.S. 393 ( 1922 ) . It appears to be a leading case not so much because its holding is followed closely but because the opinion by Holmes and the dissent by Brandeis articulated the issues so well . Ownership of surface and ...
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Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation
This best-selling book describes how zoning has been overused by local communities to block new housing development in ways that exacerbate sprawl and social inequity.
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The Tiebout Model at Fifty: Essays in Public Economics in Honor of Wallace Oates
This book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Charles Tiebout's enormously influential article, "A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures," and honors the contributions of Wallace Oates as expositor...
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Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts
In this provocative book, William Fischel argues that the historical development of school districts reflects Americans’ desire to make their communities attractive to outsiders.