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Sahil Gandhi

The University of Manchester

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Manchester, N/A M15 6PB

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Insecure property rights and the housing market: Explaining India’s housing vacancy paradox

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Sahil Gandhi, Richard K. Green, Shaonlee Patranabis and Shaonlee Patranabis
The University of Manchester, University of Southern California - Lusk Center for Real Estate and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Department of Geography and Environment, StudentsCSEP India
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Vacant Housing, Rental Markets, India

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(In)formal living: India's dual urban housing supply elasticities

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2025
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi and Richard K. Green
The University of Hong Kong - Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Manchester and University of Southern California - Lusk Center for Real Estate
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Housing Supply, Migration, India

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Infrastructure, enforcement and COVID-19 in Mumbai slums: A first look

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 27
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 May 2021
Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi, Shaonlee Patranabis, Shaonlee Patranabis, Luis Bettencourt and Anup Malani
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Department of Geography and Environment, StudentsCSEP India, University of Chicago - Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and University of Chicago - Law School
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Slums, COVID-19, Spatial inequality, Basic services, Mumbai, India

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Building networks: Investigating the quid pro quo between local politicians & developers

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Building networks: Investigating the quid pro quo between local politicians & developers

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2023
Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi and Alex Tabarrok
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester and George Mason University
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Real Estate Markets, India, Elections

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Women’s Right to Property and the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off of Children: Evidence From India

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2022
Vaidehi Tandel, Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi and Ashwini Narayanan
The University of Manchester, The University of Hong Kong - Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Land use deregulation and housing supply under institutional frictions 

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 23 May 2025
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi and Richard K. Green
The University of Hong Kong - Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Manchester and University of Southern California - Lusk Center for Real Estate
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Land use, Regulation, Housing, Institutional frictions, Property rights

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Do housing regulations affect rural-urban migration? Evidence from rent control in India

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 May 2022 Last Revised: 23 May 2025
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi and Richard K. Green
The University of Hong Kong - Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Manchester and University of Southern California - Lusk Center for Real Estate
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Rent control, Regulations, Migration, Rural-Urban, India

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Do mandatory disclosures squeeze the lemons? The case of housing markets in India

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2025
Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi, Anupam Nanda and Nandini Agnihotri
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester and Centre for Social and Economic Progress, India
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Housing, property rights, information asymmetry, mandatory disclosure laws, India

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Can Property Rights Improve Access to Toilets for the Urban Poor? Evidence from India

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Shaonlee Patranabis, Shaonlee Patranabis and Sahil Gandhi
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Department of Geography and Environment, StudentsCSEP India and The University of Manchester
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Slums, COVID-19, Property rights, India

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Building Networks: Investigating the Nature of Quid Pro Quo Between Politicians and Real-Estate Developers in Mumbai

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Apr 2022
Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi and Alex Tabarrok
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester and George Mason University
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Real Estate Markets, India, Elections, Black Money, Corruption