Jan 4, 2022·edited Jan 4, 2022Liked by Jeff Maurer
It seems that part of why restrictive zoning rules exist is because local governments can use them to extract concessions from developers in exchange for exceptions from those restrictive zoning rules. You want to be the only convenience store in a neighborhood, or the only heavy industry in town? Could be lucrative to be the only option for that, but you'll have to give the local officials their cut.
I think this is related to what you were talking about in "Making Policy By Choke Point is Cheating"
It seems that part of why restrictive zoning rules exist is because local governments can use them to extract concessions from developers in exchange for exceptions from those restrictive zoning rules. You want to be the only convenience store in a neighborhood, or the only heavy industry in town? Could be lucrative to be the only option for that, but you'll have to give the local officials their cut.
I think this is related to what you were talking about in "Making Policy By Choke Point is Cheating"
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