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Does the Nomination Scheme of the City Manager Matter for Urban Development Policies?

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  • Garmann, Sebastian

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This paper examines the causal effect of a change in the nomination scheme of the city manager from appointment by the local council to election by the citizens on urban development policies. Using the fact that the timing of the reform was as good as random in municipalities of the German state Hesse, I can utilize a difference-in-difference framework to estimate this causal effect. I find that when the city manager is elected by the voters, there is significantly less urban development than when the city manager is appointed by the municipal council.

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  • Garmann, Sebastian, 2014. "Does the Nomination Scheme of the City Manager Matter for Urban Development Policies?," Ruhr Economic Papers 476, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:rwirep:476
    DOI: 10.4419/86788539
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    1. Martin, Thorsten & Arnold, Felix & Freier, Ronny, 2015. "(Not) in my backyard? The impact of citizen initiatives on housing supply in Germany," VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 112952, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    2. Thorsten Martin & Felix Arnold & Ronny Freier, 2015. "(Not) in my backyard? The impact of citizen initiatives on housing supply in Germany," ERSA conference papers ersa15p462, European Regional Science Association.
    3. Martin, Thorsten, 2017. "You shall not build! (until tomorrow) [:] Electoral cycles and housing policies in Germany," MPRA Paper 78998, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    urban development policies; form of local government; land use regulations; building licenses; difference-in-difference estimation; natural experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • R52 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Land Use and Other Regulations

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