Research and Reports on the Costs of Growth

AGO Research and Reports

Over the last three years, Alternatives to Growth Oregon has commissioned several studies concerning the costs of growth:

The Cost of Growth in Oregon found that each new home in Oregon costs taxpayers approximately $33,000.

Assessment of Statewide Growth Subsidies in Oregon found that statewide growth subsidies totalled $1.14 billion for the year 2000.

Both reports were prepared by Eben Fodor of Fodor and Associates in Eugene, Oregon for Alternatives to Growth Oregon.

Other

Paying for Prosperity: Impact Fees and Job Growth. Arthur C. Nelson and Mitch Moody. The Brookings Institution. June 2003.

The Effect of State Economic Development Incentives on Employment Growth of Establishments (157 kb). Todd Gabe and David Kraybill. Journal of Regional Science, vol. 42, no. 4, 2002, pp. 703-730.

Growth Without Growth: An Alternative Economic Development Goal for Metropolitan Areas (130 kb). Paul D. Gottlieb. The Brookings Institution. February 2002.