County’s Internal Characteristics and Development Impact Fee Policy Implementation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The main goal of this study is to examine under what conditions local governments more actively implement development impact fee policy. To find empirical answers to this research question, the study selected Colorado counties as the study’s units of analysis. Colorado passed its development impact fee law in 2001. Since then, many Colorado counties have implemented the state development impact fee policy to earn revenues necessary for providing their residents with better infrastructures and eco-friendly environments. However, all of the Colorado counties do not evenly implement the same state development impact fee policy. That is to say, uneven local development impact fee policy implementation has been shown across Colorado. To empirically explicate this uneven local development impact fee policy implementation that appears among Colorado counties, this study tested several factors related to county characteristics. Statistical results demonstrate that counties with high population density, wide land area, and many wealthy residents more actively implement the state development impact fee policy.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. Introduction Ⅱ. Development Impact Fees across the USA and Colorado Ⅲ. IAD Framework to Local Development Impact Fee Policy Implementation Ⅳ. Research Design V. Statistical Findings Ⅵ. Conclusions and Implications