Housing market spillovers: Evidence from the end of rent control in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 661-717

  Autor, David H ^a   Palmer, Christopher J ^b   Pathak, Parag A ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT; PROPERTY MARKET; RENT CONTROL;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902775160     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675536     Document Type: Article

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