Compared to other European countries, housing policy in Germany has been favourable towards private rented housing. As a result, the private rented housing sector in Germany is large according to international standards. It appears to be 'healthy' in terms of housing quality and social profile...

This paper analyses rental contracts in the housing market assu-ming asymmetric information about tenant related `service cost' andimperfect mobility. On the positive side it explains why long standingtenants tend to enjoy lower rents |the so called `tenure discount'. Onthe normative side, it...

...The first section takes a brief look at the history of rent controls. Initially mostmeasures were aimed at preventing landlords from reaping what was perceived tobe a ‘windfall profit’ resulting from some sort of unexpected emergency. It alsodemonstrates the diversity of rent control...

This report contains key points from presentations and discussions at a round table meetingheld at the London School of Economics on Monday 24th July 2000. This meeting wasorganized by CASE and the University of Bristol to give an opportunity for housing financeacademics to discuss with...

This paper presents an analysis of housing conditions amongst the British urban workingclass in 1904, using a re-discovered survey.1 We investigate overcrowding and we find majorregional differences...

This paper proposes a model of urban agglomeration in conjunction withimperfect competition and endogenous product R&D of firms. The qualityof differentiated manufacturing goods is a result of R&D services providedby research firms. Sectoral interactions are subject to spatially...

Furthering equity as an achievable public policy objective is based on theability to assess needs accurately, and distribute resources accordingly.The purpose of this paper is to plot the development of the formulaegoverning resource allocation in education, health and social housingand to chart...

Housing and neighbourhoodConditions have changed radically since the Sustainable Communities Plan proposed “large-scaleclearance” as a central part of the regeneration and renewal of old streets of terraced housing andmore recently built council estates. One thing has not changed: community...

This paper discusses whether, in which respects, and to what extent the corporate governancesystems of Germany, the United Kingdom and France have already converged in the course ofEuropean economic integration, or are likely to converge in the foreseeable future. Wepresent, and attempt to...