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Urban growth controls and intercity commuting

Article Abstract:

The possibility of intercity commuting (IC) in a growth control model assuming an economy with a mobile population of renters, inelastic individual consumption of land, two cities, one of which is active in the adoption of controls and the other is passive, not imposing controls, is studied. The results show that the possibility of intercity commuting (IC) affects the intensity of urban growth controls.

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development, Urban Planning Assistance, City planning, Urban planning

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A new look at the two-mode problem

Article Abstract:

The second-best policy problem that arises when auto travel is priced below its marginal cost with a substitute mass transit mode is analyzed with the help of a combined model of rail line. The second-best optimality involves expansion of both dimensions of transit capacity under weak conditions.

Commodity & service prices, Transportation Programs, Analysis, Prices and rates, Transportation policy, Company pricing policy

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A note on tax competition, attachment to home, and underprovision of public goods

Article Abstract:

A study examines the impact of tax competition and availability of public goods on investors' preferred place of investments.

Public Finance Activities, Market information - general, Corporate Taxes-Savings Incentives, Economic aspects, Supply and demand, Investments, Public goods, Tax incentives

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