This paper critically analyses the proposed law for regulating the rental housing market. The swiss tenants have made mostly negative experiences with the rate of return regulation practiced in the last 20 years. Nevertheless, the new law does not address these problems. If the new proposed law...

Si la Suisse a depuis deux ans un droit de la concurrence largement modernisé et compatible avec celui d'autres juridictions telles que la Communauté, la mise en oeuvre de cette nouvelle politique doit être encore améliorée. En effet, la qualité des décisions laisse sérieusement à...

This paper critically analyses the proposed law for regulating the rental housing market. The swiss tenants have made mostly negative experiences with the rate of return regulation practiced in the last 20 years. Nevertheless, the new law does not address these problems. If the new proposed law...

This paper develops a theoretical model to study the effects of regulation on the housing market. Our model emphasises the following specific features of the housing market : product heterogeneity plays an important role, search costs are high, switching (moving) costs are substantial, and the...