Do liberal cities limit new housing development? Evidence from California

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Kahn, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing regulation; Housing supply; Ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650691783     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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