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68 S. Cal. L. Rev. 745 (1994-1995)
Competitive Federalism and the Legislative Incentives to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

handle is hein.journals/scal68 and id is 759 raw text is: ARTICLES COMPETITIVE FEDERALISM AND THE LEGISLATIVE INCENTIVES TO RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE JENNIFER GERARDA BROWN* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ II. THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ................................ A. ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED TOURISM .............................................. 1. The Pent-up Demand Model .................... 2. The Post-Legalization Matching Model .......... 3. The Benefits of Enhanced Tourism ................ B. DEFENDING THE ASSUMPTIONS ........................ 1. The Average Amount Spent on Weddings .......... 2. The Number of Gay Men and Lesbians in the United States ....................................... 3. The Proportion of Gay Men and Lesbians Who Will Wed: Herein How Symbolism, Tangible Benefits, and Choice of Law Affect Demand for Same-Sex Marriage ................................ a. Tangible benefits ............................... 746 752 752 754 759 769 772 772 776 780 782 * Associate Professor, Quinnipiac College School of Law. For helpful comments and conversations, I thank Akhil Amar, Ian Ayres, Tara Ayres, Richard Epstein, Janet Halley, Jon Hansen, Peter Hay, Jason Scott Johnston, Pamela Karlan, Al Klevoric, Andrew Koppehan, Larry Kramer, Alexander Meiklejohn, Robert Morris, Richard Posner, Roberta Romano, David Rosettenstein, Jamison Wilcox, Evan Wolfson, and seminar participants at Harvard, Stanford, University of Toronto, and University of Virginia Law Schools. Jeanine DeBacker, Todd Cleary, and John Ryan provided excellent research assistance.

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