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Policy of Delay: Evidence from a Bayesian Analysis of Metropolitan Land‐Use Choices
Author(s) -
Deslatte Aaron,
Tavares António,
Feiock Richard C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/psj.12188
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , equity (law) , growth management , local government , land use , public economics , government (linguistics) , sustainable development , politics , economics , business , smart growth , public administration , political science , geography , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , archaeology , engineering , law
Do local policymakers strategically use delay in permitting development to forestall the growth machine? The mantras of smart growth and sustainable development assume local governments can balance the competing values of economic development, ecology, and equity interests in a community. We employ a political market framework to explain differences in local government land use decisions. This framework conceptualizes policy choices as resulting from the interplay between the aggregate policy demand by residents, developers, and environmental interests and the aggregate supply by government authorities. Delays can be imposed strategically through processes of development approval by city governments where industry strength and form of government vary within county‐level service‐delivery fragmentation. We utilize novel Bayesian multilevel modelling of data collected from 2007 and 2015 surveys of Florida city planners and find strong institutional effects and multilevel relationships.