The impact of minimum lot size regulations on house prices in Eastern Massachusetts

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-583

  Zabel, Jeffrey ^a   Dalton, Maurice ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic house price model; Land use regulations

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT; URBAN HOUSING; ZONING;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855165129     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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