Determinants of Local Public Policies for Farmland Preservation and Urban Expansion: A French Illustration | Zendy

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Determinants of Local Public Policies for Farmland Preservation and Urban Expansion: A French Illustration

Author(s) -

Olivier Chanel,

Laurence Delattre,

Claude Napoléone

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

land economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.961

H-Index - 86

eISSN - 1543-8325

pISSN - 0023-7639

DOI - 10.3368/le.90.3.411

Subject(s) - counterintuitive , politics , consumption (sociology) , field (mathematics) , urban expansion , agriculture , economics , regional science , land use , public economics , economic geography , geography , political science , economic growth , urbanization , sociology , social science , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , epistemology , pure mathematics , law , civil engineering , engineering

We outline the determinants of local public policies for farmland preservation and urban expansion. We first rely on the literature and on a purposely designed field study of municipalities in southern France to propose a theoretical framework better suited to the French situation. The model considers aspects of land consumption, includes two interest groups as well as the median voter, and is then econometrically tested. We confirm the expected effects of certain sociodemographic determinants and highlight the impact of municipal budgetary considerations and the role of the agricultural sector. We also find more counterintuitive determinants, like local political regime or unbalanced neighboring relationships. (JEL Q24, R52)

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