Game Theory of Zoning

The London YIMBY group requested this page because it believes that understanding electoral game theory is key to getting YIMBY reforms enacted and keeping them in force.

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Game theory, particularly Prisoner's Dilemma, is discussed by David Schleicher in this 2012 interview in Forbes.
"The Stagnant City: How Urban Politics Are Stalling Growth and Pushing Rents Up." 

this is referenced in 
"The prisoner’s dilemma of local-only planning," by Daniel Hertz, City Observatory 15.9.2015.

 

The Zoning Game by Richard Babcock, 1966, a witty classic of zoning literature, is not Game Theory, per se, but expresses some related spirit perhaps. 

 

References

Hilber, Christian A.L. and Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric, On the Origins of Land Use Regulations: Theory and Evidence from US Metro Areas, December 2009, http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0964.pdf

David Schleicher, City Unplanning, 122 Yale L.J. 1670 (2013), http://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/1162_m41e7ifa.pdf