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On strategic community development

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  • HENDERSON, J. Vernon
  • THISSE, Jacques-François

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This paper examines strategic behaviour of developers who, through offering different public good packages and revenue/fiscal schemes, compete for residents who are differentiated by income. There is an endogenous determination of numbers and sizes of communities. Developers have an incentive to strongly differentiate their public good offerings. In terms of pricing strategies, developers exhibit sharply contrasting behaviours. In low-income communities housing consumption is subsidized once lots are priced. In high-income communities housing consumption is generally taxed.
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  • HENDERSON, J. Vernon & THISSE, Jacques-François, 2001. "On strategic community development," LIDAM Reprints CORE 1502, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:1502
    DOI: 10.1086/321017
    Note: In : Journal of Political Economy, 109(3), 546-569, 2001
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    JEL classification:

    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • R51 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Finance in Urban and Rural Economies

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