Mason Gaffney Bibliography
1955 to Sept., 1995

E. Land Economics, Urban

E-1. "Urban Expansion -- Will it Ever Stop?" Land, The 1958 Yearbook of Agriculture. (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1958), pp. 503-22. Republished in R.G. Putnam, F.J. Taylor and P.G. Kettle (eds.) A Geography of Urban Places. Toronto etc., Methuen, 1970, pp. 291-312.

E-2. With Pierpont I. Prentice, Land -- a Special Issue. House and Home Magazine 18(2), entire issue, (August, 1960). (Jesse H. Neal Award for Business Journalism, 1960.) Digested in Current Magazine No. 6, October 1960, pp. 33-39; digested in The Readers' Digest, July 1962, by Wolfgang Langewiesche; republished and distributed by The Government of Western Australia, 1968; Republished in Compact Cities: a Neglected Way of Conserving Energy, Joint Hearings, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, 96th Congr. 1st Sess. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1980, pp. 142-62.

E-3. "Containment Policies for Urban Sprawl." In Richard Stauber (ed.) Approaches to the Study of Urbanization. Governmental Research Center, The University of Kansas, 1964, pp. 115-33. (Book is distributed by The State Printer, Topeka KS, rather than the University which published it.) Reprints were distributed by The Brookings Instn., 1775 Mass. Ave. N.W., Washington D.C.; and The Robert Schalkenbach Fdtn., now at 41 E. 72nd St., New York, N.Y. 10021 -- both now out of stock. 1967-71 I spoke on this text, and on renewal policy, to civic groups in about 10 cities, sponsored by The Brookings Institution. Republished in Compact Cities: a Neglected Way of Conserving Energy, Joint Hearings, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; and Committee on Interstate and Foreign commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, 96th Congress 1st Sess. Washington: USGPO, 1980, pp. 283-312 (Congressman Henry Reuss). Republished in The Congressional Record, March 16, 1972 (Congressman Les Aspin).

E-4. "Tax Reform to Release Land." In Marion Clawson (ed.), Modernizing Urban Land Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1973, pp. 115-52. Republished in Compact Cities: a Neglected Way of Conserving Energy, (Congressman Henry Reuss), Joint Hearings, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; and Committee on Interstate and Foreign commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, 96th Congress 1st Sess., Washington: USGPO, 1980, pp. 246-82.

E-5. "When to Build What." In Paul Downing (ed.), Local Service Pricing Policies and their Effect on Urban Spatial Structure. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1977, pp. 173-213.

E-6. "Suburban Development Districts." Comment on a proposal by Marion Clawson. JAIP 27(1):79-80 (February 1961).

E-7. "Property Taxation and the Frequency of Urban Renewal." Proceedings, NTA, 57th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, 1965, pp. 272-85. 1967-71 I spoke on this text, and on containment policy, to civic groups in about 10 cities, sponsored by The Brookings Institution.

E-8. "How to Revive a Dying City." The Office of Real Estate Research Newsletter, University of Illinois, Fall 1989, pp. 1-7.

E-9. "A Tax Tool for Meeting Urban Fiscal Crisis." AJES 29(3):253-58 (July 1968).

E-10. "Land Planning and the Property Tax." JAIP 35(3):178-83 (May 1969). Republished in Richard Andrews (ed.) Urban Land Use Policy: the Central City. New York: The Free Press, 1972, pp. 253-59. Republished in M. Stegman (ed.), Housing and Economics, Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1970, pp. 186-97. (Note: this was done without notice; it is possible there are other republications unknown to me.)

E-11. "Sources, Nature and Function of Urban Land Rent." AJES 31(3):241-58 (July 1972).

E-12. "Taxation and the Functions of Urban Land Rent." AJES 32(1): 17-34 (January 1973).

E-13. "Changes in Land Policy: How Fundamental are They?" Real Estate Issues, J. of the Am. Society of Real Estate Counselors, I(1):72-85 (Fall, 1976).

E-14. "The Synergistic City: its Potentials, Hindrances and Fulfillment." Real Estate Issues, J. of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors, Winter, 1978, pp. 36-61.

E-15. Review of James Heilbrun, Real Estate Taxes and Urban Housing, 1968. University of Chicago J. of Business, April, pp. 276-77.

E-16. "Black Power, Green Power." In John J. Sullivan (ed.), Explorations in Urban Land Economics. Hartford: The John C. Lincoln Institute, 1970, pp. 75-80.

E-17. "Reduction of Housing Costs." Views on Reduction of Housing Costs. Washington: HHFA, January 1961, pp. 3-7.

E-18. "Tax Policies and Downtown." Downtown Deterioration in Orange County, California. Irvine: U. of California Extension, 1969, pp. 26-29.

E-19. "Property Taxation and Urban Renewal." In Paul Douglas (Chair), Hearings, Nat. Commission on Urban Problems, Vol. I, pp. 281-309. Washington: USGPO, 1968. [Following these Hearings, Senator Douglas' Findings and Recommendations endorsed the policies recommended in my testimony.]

E-20. "Taxation and Urban Sprawl." In Compact Cities: a Neglected Way of Conserving Energy. Joint Hearings, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; and Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, 96th Congress 1st Session. Washington: USGPO, 1980, pp. 239-42. [This volume includes reprints of my "Containment Policies for Urban Sprawl" (supra), pp. 283-312; and "Tax Reform to Release Land" (supra), pp. 246-82.]

E-21. "Use of Land Rent to Finance Minnesota Experimental City." A Report to The Directors, Minnesota Experimental City, July 1969. Pp. 1-28, + v.

E-22. "Policies and Practises Affecting Urban Land Costs as an Element of Housing Costs." Arlington, Va: The Institute for Defense Analyses, A Report to U.S. Department of HUD, 1968, pp. 1-59 + v.

E-23. "Fiscal Impact Analysis: Evolution and State of the Art." In William Dutton, Martha Hollis and Kenneth Kraemer, Fiscal Impact Budgeting Systems: a Technical Assessment, A Report to NSF, Division of Advanced Productivity Research and Technology, March 1978, Appendix A.

E-24. "What Kind of Cities do we Want?" The Nation's Cities, April 1967. The Rapporteur paraphrased much of the material here from my "Containment Policies for Urban Sprawl," and "Property Taxation and the Frequency of Urban Renewal." Unpublished findings from a study of Milwaukee are presented.

E-25. "The Urban Fiscal Crisis." The Nation's Cities, March 1969. The Rapporteur drew heavily on my contributions, by name.

E-26. "The Great Urban Tax Tangle." Fortune, March 1965. This paraphrases my "Containment Policies for Urban Sprawl." Also in The Nation's Cities, March 1969.

E-27. "Better Assessments for Better Cities." The Nation's Cities, May 1970. This article evoked a response from Vincent Schmit, Director of Assessments, City of Milwaukee, whose assessments had been analyzed. I was asked to rejoin, and did. My article was in galleys when it was pulled at the last minute at the demand of Mayor Henry Maier of Milwaukee who had influence with the National League of Cities, publisher.

E-28. Co-author and Signer, City of Riverside, CA, Proposition R, 1979, "Taxpayers' Initiative Ordinance to Reduce Costly Urban Sprawl." Carried 2-1. Upheld at two levels, California Appellate Courts.

E-29. City of Riverside, CA, Measure C, 1987, "Citizens' Rights Initiative to Reduce Costly Urban Sprawl." Carried. Upheld at two levels, California Appellate Courts.

E-30. "The Role of Ground Rent in Urban Decay and Revival." The Henry George Lecture, St. Johns' University, September 1988. Distinguished Papers No. 89F-1, November 1989, Business Research Institute, St. John's University. Pp. 1-15.

E-31. "Florida Urban Sprawl and its Abatement," pp. 1-20. Report submitted to Governor Martinez' Task Force on Urban Growth Patterns, July 1988.

E-32. Nalogovaya Ryeforma i Ekonomika Goroda (Tax Reform and the Urban Economy), 1993. With Ronald Banks, Fred Harrison, Richard Noyes, and Francis Smith. St. Petersburg: Nauchno-isslyedovatyelski tsyentr "Ekograd." Trans. Tatyana Roskoshnaya.

E-33. Moderator, Symposium on Economic Impact Analysis. Legislative Affairs Agency, State of Alaska, October 19-22, 1978.

E-34. "Changes in Land Policy," Western J. of Agricultural Economics, June 1977, pp. 71-81.

E-35. 1988. "Measure C and Property Values." Address to AMERICAN SOCIETY OF APPRAISERS, Inland Empire Chapter, 18 Feb 88, pp. 1-3.



  1. Forest Economics
  2. Extractive Resources, and Leasing Policy
  3. Land Economics, General
  4. Land Economics, Agricultural
  5. Land Economics, Urban
  6. Environmental Economics
  7. Public Finance
  8. Water Economics and Law
  9. Macro-economic Policy and Theory
  10. Replacement Policy and Theory
  11. History of Economic Thought
  12. General Economics
  13. Biography
  14. Teaching materials, used in lieu of texts
  15. Major unpublished papers, unfinished papers in progress

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