Brueckner, Jan K.; Fu, Shihe; Gu, Yizhen; Zhang, Junfu - 2016
This paper develops a new approach for measuring the stringency of a major form of land-use regulation, building … parcel, is a measure of the regulation’s stringency (the extent to which FAR is kept below the free-market level). Using a … FAR regulation across Chinese cities, and additional evidence suggests that stringency depends on certain city …