Revisiting “Windfalls for Wipeouts”: Land use regulation and property values from a cross-national perspective
Room 114, Avery Hall 1172 Amsterdam Ave, New York , NY, United StatesRachelle Alterman Lecture Professor Emeritus, Technion Israel Institute of Technology The notion of “regulatory takings” is well known to Americans. The converse, the idea of “givings” - reaping the unearned increment in real estate values is less discussed, but it is there, in various costumes, in the USA as well. Ostensibly, the underlying rationale for