One prediction of the spatial mismatch hypothesis is that black residents of the central city will have longer commutes than others. This prediction actually has two different components: African-Americans commute longer distances because they face discrimination in housing and/or labour...

Amenities are regarded as increasingly important to the location decisions of certain types of firm. Yet they are often ignored in economic development research because of the assumption that they attract only workers, and that this workforce, in turn, attracts firms. This paper argues for a...

Most programmes of state aid to local governments in the US are designed to fix problems of interjurisdictional or interpersonal equity, not to address the effect that local tax reliance might have on local land use decisions, such as zoning. As a consequence, little is known about how to design...