Polity Atlas
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Aggregate Land Rents, Expenditure on Public Goods, and Optimal City Size

Richard J. Arnott; Joseph E. Stiglitz · Quarterly Journal of Economics 93(4), 471–500 · 1979

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Richard J. Arnott; Joseph E. Stiglitz

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DisputedWhether Pittsburgh's land-heavy tax caused its 1980s building boom is disputed: Oates and Schwab found a boom far above regional peers but judged a commercial-space shortage the primary driver, with land taxation a supporting factor.