Hahn, Anja M.; Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Waltl, Sofie; … - 2022
In 2020, Berlin introduced a rigorous rent-control policy responding to soaring rents by setting a cap on rental prices …: the Mietendeckel (rent freeze). The policy was revoked one year later by the German Constitutional Court. Although … clear. In this paper we evaluate the short-term causal effect of the rent freeze on the supply-side of the market, both in …