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Committee Size and Smart Growth: An Optimal Solution

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Heather Kohls () (Marquette University)
Russell Kashian () (Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater)

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A critical challenge of Wisconsin’s Smart Growth Initiative is to include the public in the creation and development of the instrument. One implication of public participation is the strategic development of a comprehensive planning committee. Two crucial decisions occur when the committee is formed: the size of the committee and the composition of the committee. This paper models a relation between committee size and the accuracy of policy. It also models the relationship between the inclusion of experts, whether paid consultants or paid planners, on the accuracy of the outcome. Based on a survey of 144 committee members, we test the relationship between the participants’ observations of quality and group size and composition. This paper looks at the tradeoff between the delay of reaching a group decision with the additional accuracy offered by the large, diverse committee.

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Paper provided by UW-Whitewater, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 06-03.

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  1. Karen Bickerstaff & Gordon Walker, 2001. "Participatory local governance and transport planning," Environment and Planning A, Pion Ltd, London, vol. 33(3), pages 431-451, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Nicola Persico, 2004. "Committee Design with Endogenous Information," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 71(1), pages 165-191, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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