Pass a Law, Any Law, Fast! State Legislative Responses to the Kelo Backlash

The holdout problem and urban sprawl: Experimental evidence

“…Furthermore, public backlash and political action at the state and local levels following the much publicized Kelo v. City of New London (2005) 19 ruling may restrict the ability of urban planners to use eminent domain. The vast majority of US states have enacted reform legislation limiting the power of eminent domain for economic development (Lopez et al, 2009).…”

Voter decisions on eminent domain and police power reforms

“…To implement the Heckman procedure three other variables are included in the selection equation to control for the effect of special interest groups (ingroup), existing restrictions on state eminent domain law (takelaw), and incidence of eminent domain takings (incidence). Incidence here is an example of the so-called backlash variables that have been shown to correlate with the decision to reform eminent domain law across US states (Lopez and Totah, 2007;Lopez et al, 2009). It is expected that states with higher per capita takings are more likely to present voters with a proposition to restrict the use of eminent domain power and require compensation for police power.…”

All Sound, No Fury? The Impacts of State-BasedKeloLaws

“…At the time of the writings noted here (all of which were prepared prior to the 2008 economic meltdown), the authors had a basis for hope. Morris (2009) and López et al (2009) both conclude that there was a strong correlation between states where there was strong economic activity and the existence of substantive (as opposed to symbolic) state legislation. Why? "…”