Using microdata from CoreLogic and Gallup between 2008 and 2014, we study the impact of foreclosures on individual well-being. We identify the causal effect of foreclosures by instrumenting them using variation in interest rate spikes associated with different types of adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), conditional on controls and zipcode and time fixed effects. We find that a 10% rise in forecl...

The present study explores the impact exerted by a series of factors and processes including creativity, IPR activities, new business formation and the provision of amenities on economic growth for 103 Italian provinces (NUTS 3) over the period between 2001 and 2006. Provincial growth rates are measured alternatively by value added growth and employment growth. Findings show a positive effect o...

Form-based codes (FBCs) pursue alternative built environments that integrate design-focused approaches for the purpose of fostering predictable development outcomes. The emphasis FBCs on legitimate building types and physical parameters may provide local authorities with new opportunities to incent a variety sustainable design features. Despite code’s recent popularity in urban infill suburban ...

the groundwater resources of the urmia plain have been under intensive tension for the last recent years. this has caused the production and observation wells to become dry and in some local places well deepening to take place. in some other locations, the groundwater level is high and there is a danger of local water logging condition along with its associated drainage work. for the settlement...

Many resort communities in the U.S. Rocky Mountain West are experiencing rapid inmigration and growth because the natural and built amenities in those areas attracted people and investment. This study uses an agent-based model to explore how homeowners’ investment and reinvestment decisions are influenced by the level of investment and amenities available in their neighborhoods in a case study ...

This paper describes and critically reviews an important but under-theorized value capture mechanism that we have termed “vertical allocations” (or vertical exactions). enables cities to vertically by allocating floor space for public utilities in privately owned, mixed-use, development. As a tool, allocations allow the government tap uplift supply nearby neighborhood, city as whole, with much ...