Hahn, Anja M.; Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Waltl, Sofie - 2021
In 2020, Berlin enacted a rigorous rent-control policy: the 'Mietendeckel' (rent freeze), aiming to stop rapidly growing rental prices. We evaluate this newly enacted but old-fashionably designed policy by analyzing its immediate supply-side effects. Using a rich pool of rent advertisements...