William Fischel Dartmouth College   Dartmouth College Department of Economics 6106 Rockefeller Hall Hanover, NH 03755 USA   bill.fischel@dartmouth.edu   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wfischel/   Biographical Sketch: BA Amherst College 1967; PhD (Economics) Princeton University, 1973; Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College, since 1973. Visiting professor at: University of California at Davis 1980-81; UC Santa Barbara 1985-86; UC Berkeley Law School 1991-92; University of Washington (Seattle) 1998-99. Author of Economics of Zoning Laws (Hopkins 1985); Regulatory Takings (Harvard 1995); The Homevoter Hypothesis (Harvard 2001).   Primary Research Focus: regulatory takings, land-use controls, local government behavior, and school-finance litigation   JEL Areas: