Table 1. Descriptive statistics at municipality-level by law adoption status

	Opted in		Opted out
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
% with at least one neighbor opted in	33.63***		25.49
Municipality revitalization index	–1.73***	5.13	0.73	4.48
Population in 2020	24,727.29***	36,267.25	12,629.72	16,666.23
% Voters for Biden in 2020	57.46***	13.87	50.18	12.77
% Residents 65 years or older	16.67***	5.81	19.58	9.23
Property tax rate	2.86***	0.79	2.52	1.20
Equalized property value per capita	141,717.87***	159,484.51	318,489.77	763,033.17
Total observations	153		402

Data come from 555 out of 565 New Jersey municipalities. Ten N.J. municipalities were dropped from the sample because they had missing information about their opt-in status. The unit of analysis is at the municipality-level. At least one neighbor opted in is a binary variable that equals 1 if a neighboring municipality that shares a border with the municipality opted in and 0 otherwise. The municipality revitalization index (MRI) is a continuous variable created by the NJ Department of Community Affairs that measures the socioeconomic status of the municipality. The higher the value for the MRI implies that municipality if relatively more affluent compared to municipalities with a lower value for the MRI.
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