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Eviction and Poverty in American Cities
Collinson, Robert; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
More than two million U.S. households have an eviction case filed against them each year. Policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels are increasingly pursuing policies to reduce the number of evictions, citing harm to tenants and high public expenditures related to homelessness. We...
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Platform as a Rule Maker : Evidence from Airbnb's Cancellation Policies
Jia, Jian; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Wagman, Liad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Digital platforms are not only match-making intermediaries but also establish internal rules that govern all users in their ecosystems. To better understand the governing role of platforms, we study two Airbnb pro-guest rules that pertain to guest and host cancellations, using data on Airbnb and...
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Valuing and Pricing Retail Leases with Renewal and Overage Options
Hendershott, Patric H. - 2002
overage options to that of the tenant renewal option at the same initial rent. As a result, not only are the values of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469495
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The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
Glaeser, Edward L. - 1997
units due to rent control in New York City. This methodology involves comparing the relative consumption of different … demographic groups within the rent controlled area with the relative levels of consumption in a free market area. Our best … estimate of the costs of rent control in New York due to the misallocation of rental apartments is 200 dollars per apartment …
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The Effects of Short-Term Rental Regulation : Insights from Chicago
Jin, Ginger Zhe; Wagman, Liad; Zhong, Mengyi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We provide an in-depth study of short-term rental (STR) regulation in Chicago. While many municipalities choose between outright bans or laissez-faire strategies concerning STR activities, Chicago pioneered a middle-ground ordinance, enabling the market to exist with limitations and...
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The Coming Rise in Residential Inflation
Bolhuis, Marijn A.; Cramer, Judd N. L.; Summers, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study how the recent run-up in housing and rental prices affects the outlook for inflation in the United States. Housing held down overall inflation in 2021. Despite record growth in private market-based measures of home prices and rents, government measured residential services inflation was...
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Housing Demand and Remote Work
Mondragon, John; Wieland, Johannes - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
What explains record U.S. house price growth since late 2019? We show that the shift to remote work explains over one half of the 23.8 percent national house price increase over this period. Using variation in remote work exposure across U.S. metropolitan areas we estimate that an additional...
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The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity : Evidence from US Cities
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2004
What are the economic consequences to U.S. natives of the growing diversity of American cities? Is their productivity or utility affected by cultural diversity as measured by diversity of countries of birth of U.S. residents? We document in this paper a very robust correlation: US-born citizens...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467783
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Discrimination During Eviction Moratoria
Arefeva, Alina; Jowers, Kay; Hu, Qihui; Timmins, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We provide evidence of intensified discriminatory behavior by landlords in the rental housing market during the eviction moratoria instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data collected from an experiment that involved more than 25,000 inquiries of landlords in the 50 largest cities in...
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The Effects of Emergency Rental Assistance During the Pandemic : Evidence from Four Cities
Collinson, Robert; DeFusco, Anthony A.; Humphries, John Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
, financial security, and mental health. We find that assistance increased rent payment modestly and improved mental health …
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