Preserving history or restricting development? The heterogeneous effects of historic districts on local housing markets in New York City

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-30

  Been, Vicki ^a   Ellen, Ingrid Gould ^b   Gedal, Michael ^c   Glaeser, Edward ^d   McCabe, Brian J ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historic districts; Housing; Option value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954136222     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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