Why do we have Urban density controls?

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 571-585

  Mills, Edwin S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23944506112     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2005.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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