generation of rents (as a distinctly different mechanism from profit maximising business activity), we use a broader notion of … rent than it was customary in the past 50 years. We return to the Ricardian tradition and define the institution of rent as … payments for goods, services or for work in employment that exceed the competitive price. Our rent concept includes - inter …

correlated with a 1% increase in rent. Market power is substantial: on average, markups account for nearly a third of rents in …

the density bias of price-to-rent ratios in levels and trends, within and between cities. Our method lends itself to the … creation of comparable neighborhood-level qualified rent indices (Mietspiegel) across Germany. …

The question of rent in economic theory is rather complicated, even at the level of its definition. This article … attempts to get back to basics in order to clear things up and present a complete and correct theory of rent. Starting with the … classical definition of rent, as an income earned by the owner of non-produced inputs, it clarifies first the definitions of the …

Most countries show a residency discount in rents for sitting tenants. In the wake of strong rent increases and housing … shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this …

Rent control balances strong tenant protections with supply-side incentives for landlords. However, cities with rent …