Why is manhattan so expensive? Regulation and the rise in housing prices

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-369

  Glaeser, Edward L ^a   Gyourko, Joseph ^b   Saks, Raven ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 23044444658     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429979     Document Type: Article

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