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Value Exchange and the Social Economy: Framework and Paradigm Shift in Urban Policy GCP-96-3

March 1, 1996

Urban policy creation and evaluation derive from an often unstated but far-reaching paradigm or framework that privileges a particular model of market processes.

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Categories: Research Archive - Tags: Economic Development, Policy, Working Papers

An Investigation into the Impact of Hazardous Waste Contamination Liability in Urban Industrial Land Redevelopment in the City of Chicago GCP-95-5

December 1, 1995

The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically how the behavior of buyers and developers of industrial property in Chicago might be influenced by the perceived contamination risk.

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Categories: Research Archive - Tags: Finance, Industrial Redevelopment, Working Papers

An Economic Analysis of Guns, Crime and Gun Control GCP-95-4

November 1, 1995

A model is posited in which guns are demanded for recreation, self-protection or criminal purposes, and in which crime is supplied.

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Categories: Research Archive - Tags: Crime, Policy, Working Papers

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