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heterogeneity and real estate market distortions, zoning could be less efficient than, as efficient as, or more efficient than …We examine the working mechanisms and efficiencies of zoning (regulation of floor area ratios and land-use types) and … pricing instruments. However, when the zoning enacted deviates from the optimum, zoning not only becomes inferior to …
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regulatory mechanisms in the housing market (building height restrictions, zoning and property taxation). The Pigouvian toll is … suggested by a model that disregards zoning. In general, this implies that decision making on urban road pricing can ignore …
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regulatory mechanisms in the housing market (building height restrictions, zoning and property taxation). The Pigouvian toll is … suggested by a model that disregards zoning. In general, this implies that decision making on urban road pricing can ignore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030301
This paper aims to quantify the municipal tax revenue effects of built-up area increases. The assumed existence of these effects is one of the key reasons for ongoing land consumption on the side of the municipalities. Some previous case studies however suggested that these effects might be not...
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New Zealand’s housing supply has not kept pace with rising demand, including from net immigration. Affordability has worsened, particularly for low-income renters. Government action is underway to allow new housing through initiatives such as the Urban Growth Agenda, KiwiBuild and the Housing...
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House prices have increased significantly in Canada over the past decade, driving household debt and residential construction activity to historical highs. Although macro-prudential tightening has slowed the pace of household borrowing in the last few years, house prices have continued to trend...
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We show why a shopping mall prefers to provide parking for free and embed the parking costs in the prices of the goods. This holds if the mall has monopoly power or prices competitively; if there is parking validation or a trade-off between shopping and parking spaces. It is also the second-best...
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Les prix des logements ont sensiblement augmenté au Canada au cours des dix dernières années, portant la dette des ménages et la construction de logements à des points hauts historiques. Bien que le durcissement de la politique macroprudentielle ait ralenti la croissance des emprunts des...
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This article covers the legal requirements regarding the use of renewable fuel. It covers the environmental impacts of using ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, and biodiese as fuel. It discusses the subsidies provided to encourage the use of biofuel. It concludes that the existing programs to...
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Municipal governments in China established direct control of the supply of urban land in August 2004. This paper examines whether this government action mitigates the efficiency of the residential land market. Using a unique data set of detailed land and residential community transactions with...
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