Rent control balances strong tenant protections with supply-side incentives for landlords. However, cities with rent …

This paper evaluates the rent control policy implemented in Germany in 2015. Like many countries around the world … contracts. To that end, the rent control was introduced. To evaluate the effectiveness of the rent control with respect to … variation since new and modernised objects are exempt from rent control. Based on data for rental offers in Germany, we apply a …

housing. When part of the market faces rent control, theory predicts an increase of free-market rents, a consequence of … introduction of rent control. Further, we document that rent control reduced the propensity to move house within rent controlled …

countries. The strong house price and rent increases over the past decade have fueled social debate on this issue. Tenant …-country comparison. Such a comparison shows that Germany-compared to the rest of Europe-has relatively intense rent control which has …

The (re-)introduction of rent regulation in the form of rent controls, tenant protection or supply rationing is back on … the agenda of policymakers in light of rent inflation in many global cities. While rent control as social policy promises … on both rent regulation and housing construction for 16 developed countries (1910-2017) and 44 developing countries since …

housing. When part of the market faces rent control, theory predicts an increase of free-market rents, a consequence of … introduction of rent control. Further, we document that rent control reduced the propensity to move house within rent controlled …