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House Prices and Rents: Micro Evidence from a Matched Dataset in Central London_x0003_

Bracke, Philippe - European Regional Science Association - 2013

In this paper I study unit-level data on house prices and rents in Central London. I document the existence of systematic differences in price-rent ratios across property types within the same urban area: bigger properties and properties located in more expensive neighborhoods have higher...

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Gentrification and displacement in English cities

Waights, Sevrin - European Regional Science Association - 2014

relatively sudden in-migration of wealthy or middle class residents into a previously poor or working class neighbourhood. I … measure this using the change in share of neighbourhood population that holds a degree certificate conditional on the initial …

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Regional variation in the elasticity of supply of housing, and its determinants: The case of a small sparsely populated country

Oikarinen, Elias; Valtonen, Eero - European Regional Science Association - 2014

The long-term price elasticity of supply of housing is a key factor determining the growth rates of housing prices and … housing supply as the city grows. Therefore, the housing supply elasticity has considerable influence on the competitiveness … regional variation in the supply elasticity of housing within the U.S. The literature further shows that the supply elasticity …

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Integrated Decision Support System? DONUT-Prospect

Castro, Eduardo; Marques, João; Batista, Paulo; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

phenomena, as well as the heterogeneity of both supply and demand side: the former regarding housing prices and features; and …

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Winner Picking in Urban Revitalization Policies: Empirical Evidence from Berlin

Richter, Felix - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Urban revitalization programs are widespread used but empirically understudied place-based policy instruments which attract increasing attention in recent years. This study adds to the existing literature by evaluating the selection process which led to the designation of a set of five urban...

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Housing allocations, imputed rents and inequality in urban China

Zax, Jeffrey - European Regional Science Association - 2014

This paper demonstrates that subsidized housing substantially increased inequality among urban Chinese residents in 1988 and 1995. Regressions for 1995 rental units impute estimated market rents in 1988 and 1995 for all dwelling units. In both years, these imputed values exceeded actual rents by...

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How does a change in risk perception affect the housing market ? Evidence from an industrial accident in France

Bléhaut, Marianne - European Regional Science Association - 2014

In 2001, the AZF plant exploded in Toulouse (France). The accident was unexpected, it strongly damaged local housing and benefited from a wide media coverage. It provides a rare opportunity to analyze the consequences of a shift in risk perception on housing markets and neighborhoods subject to...

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Homeownership of immigrants in France

Gobillon, Laurent; Solignac, Matthieu - European Regional Science Association - 2014

We investigate the difference in homeownership rate between natives and immigrants as well as its evolution in France using a large longitudinal dataset over the 1975-1999 period. For people staying on the territory the whole time (ie. stayers), we show that returns of characteristics change in...

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Location choices of highly-educated foreign workers: the importance of urban amenities

Levkovich, Or; Rouwendal, Jan - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Current developed economies' growth becomes increasingly dependent on the performance of innovation and skill-intensive industries. Therefore, the ability of cities to attract skilled or highly-educated individuals becomes more and more important for their growth and economic development. In...

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The value of proximity to water in residential areas

Levkovich, Or; Rouwendal, Jan; Marwijk, Ramona van - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Proximity to water is appreciated by households. Hedonic analyses that try to measure the value of this amenity are potentially biased by omitted variables as locations close to the water may be selected by households with higher incomes who construct more luxury houses. Since it is difficult to...

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