restrictive policies are considered: rent control, protection from restriction, and housing rationing. The database covers 47 …, the evolution of policies diverged: while rent control became more flexible or was phased out, tenure security stabilized … rent control, stronger tenure security, and more housing rationing. It mostly includes European continental countries …

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 …

In this paper, we explore the impact of a housing rent inflation cap of 4 per cent on price changes for tenancy … effects by landlord type and starting rent levels are evident. …

Following World War I, rent control became a standard policy response to the housing shortage and the resulting rent … rental market regulations (including rent control, protection of tenants from eviction, and housing rationing) had any …

This paper empirically analyzes the effects of a second generation rent control. We make use of an uncommon policy … with elements of a discontinuity design, to identify the causal impact of rent controls. We exploit the spatial and … prices. Our results suggest that the regulation benefits low/medium income households. Further, we provide evidence that rent …