Research Projects

The Impact of Large Landowners on Land Markets

Start Date: January 2006
End Date: January 2007

Researchers
Raphael Bostic, Associate Professor, University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning & Development;
Chris Briem, Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh; John Brown, Professor, Dept. of Economics, Clark University;
Timothy Chapin, Assoc.

Description
Through a request for proposal process, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy commissioned research papers or case studies and convened a day-long seminar focusing on large landowners. In the urban context, we have in mind landowners such as universities, religious organizations, hospitals and private companies. In the non-urban and rural context, we have in mind owners such as government, State Trust Lands found in many western states in the US, resorts, recreation parks, corporate farms, watershed areas, utilities, railroads, etc. Our interest, though, is not restricted to the U.S., and we included proposals investigating the phenomenon of the impacts of large land holdings in an international context.

This research project grows out of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s “The City, Land and The University Program”. This Program began with a focus on the role and responsibilities of universities as urban landowners. Over the years, the Program has produced a series of workshops and publications. The current research project expands the project scope beyond (but not excluding) institutions such as universities. In particular, through this initiative, the Institute hopes to learn more about how the presence and development activities of large landowners affect their neighborhoods, their cities, and their regions