D.C. This chapter summarizes a study commissioned in 1989 by the Nantucket Land Council. The report concludes that orderly, slow growth is the most beneficial scenario for Nantucket's taxpayers. Continuation of the construction boom of the 1980s is seen as threatening the island's economy. Perrin, S. 1994. Study of the effect of conservation easements upon local tax revenues on Mt. Desert Island, Acadia National Park.
Paper concludes that conservation easements have little impact on tax levy.
Pollakowski, H. O., S. M. Wachter. 1990. The Effects of Land-Use Constraints on Housing Prices. This paper estimates the direct and spill-over effects of zoning control and other growth restrictions on housing prices. It concludes that the aggregate effect of various constraints is greater than that of individual regulations and that they generally raise the price of housing and developed land. Preston, C., S. Phillips.