1995 elimination of stringent rent controls in Cambridge, Massachusetts that had previously muted landlords' investment …

foreclosure transaction in Massachusetts from 1989 to 2008. We address the identification issues related to the estimation of the … occurred in Massachusetts between 2005 and 2008 and conclude that the foreclosure crisis was primarily driven by the severe …

This paper analyzes the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on urban neighborhoods in Massachusetts. We explore the …-level, transaction data from Massachusetts Registry of Deeds offices. With these data, we show that much of the subprime lending in the … exceptionally unstable in the face of rapid price declines. The evidence in Massachusetts suggests that subprime lending did not, as …

The Massachusetts currency of 1690 was the first inconvertible paper money to be supported solely by a legal tender law …