Land use regulation and welfare

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1341-1403

  Turner, Matthew A ^a   Haughwout, Andrew ^b   van der Klaauw, Wilbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Land regulation; Regulation; Urban economics; Zoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904578984     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9823     Document Type: Article

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