The long-term price elasticity of supply of housing is a key factor determining the growth rates of housing prices and … housing supply as the city grows. Therefore, the housing supply elasticity has considerable influence on the competitiveness … regional variation in the supply elasticity of housing within the U.S. The literature further shows that the supply elasticity …

This paper employs panel data on 413 German counties and cities from 2004 to 2009 to investigate the supply of new … single-family housing in local housing markets. New local housing supply is measured by the annual number of construction … permits in relation to the existing single-family housing stock. This supply indicator is econometrically related to existing …