The Homevoter Hypothesis: How Home Values Influence Local Government Taxation, School Finance, and Land-Use Policies

by William A. Fischel

Book Overview

Just as investors want the companies they hold equity in to do well, homeowners have a financial interest in the success of their communities. If neighborhood schools are good, if property taxes and crime rates are low, then the value of the homeowner's principal asset--his home--will rise. Thus, as William Fischel shows, homeowners become watchful citizens of local government, not merely to improve their quality of life, but also to counteract...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674015959
• ISBN13: 9780674015951
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.0"