The Impact of Building Restrictions on Housing Affordability

19 Pages Posted: 25 Aug 2005

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Edward L. Glaeser

Harvard University - Department of Economics; Brookings Institution; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Joseph Gyourko

University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Abstract

A paper presented at the February 2002 conference "Policies to Promote Affordable Housing," cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.

Keywords: housing affordability, urban economics

JEL Classification: R12, R2

Suggested Citation

Glaeser, Edward L. and Gyourko, Joseph E., The Impact of Building Restrictions on Housing Affordability. Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=790487

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