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The homevoter hypothesis : how home values influence local government taxation, school finance, and land-use policies / William A. Fischel.
LIBRA JS391 .F57 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischel, William A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Local government--United States--Citizen participation.
- Local government.
- Local government--United States.
- Political participation.
- United States.
- Homeowners--Political activity--United States.
- Homeowners.
- Housing--Prices--United States.
- Housing.
- Housing--Prices.
- Zoning--United States.
- Zoning.
- Local taxation--United States.
- Local taxation.
- Education--United States--Finance.
- Education.
- Finance.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Just as investors want the companies they hold equity in to do well, homeowners have a financial interest in the success of their communities. If neighborhood schools are good, if property taxes and crime rates are low, then the value of the homeowner's principal asset--his home--will rise. Thus, as William Fischel shows, homeowners become watchful citizens of local government, not merely to improve their quality of life, but also to counteract the risk to their largest asset, a risk that cannot be diversified. Meanwhile, their vigilance promotes a municipal governance that provides services more efficiently than do the state or national government.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-321) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674006097
- OCLC:
- 46882968
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