Albert Saiz

MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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1.

On Local Housing Supply Elasticity

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Aug 2008
Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Housing supply, topography, growth controls

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Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds

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Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014
Albert Saiz, Albert Saiz and Uri Simonsohn
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics and Ramon Llull University - ESADE Business School
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Proxy variables, econometrics, corruption, integration of beliefs, survey, internet, document

Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3809
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Albert Saiz, Albert Saiz and Uri Simonsohn
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics and Ramon Llull University - ESADE Business School
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proxy variables, document-frequency, textual databases, internet

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Beautiful City: Leisure Amenities and Urban Growth

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Beautiful City: Leisure Amenities and Urban Growth

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 08-22
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2019
Gerald A. Carlino, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
Downloads 1,101 (27,316)
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Internal migration, amenities, urban population growth

City Beautiful

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3778
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Gerald A. Carlino, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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internal migration, amenities, urban population growth

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Real Trends: The Future of Real Estate in the United States

MIT Center for Real Estate Research Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 19 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2020
Albert Saiz, Albert Saiz and Arianna Salazar Miranda
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Real Estate

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Consumer City

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Consumer City

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Aug 2000
Edward L. Glaeser, Jed Kolko, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Indeed.com and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Consumer City

NBER Working Paper No. w7790
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2022
Edward L. Glaeser, Jed Kolko, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Indeed.com and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles

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Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2158
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 22 Jul 2008
Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles

NBER Working Paper No. w14193
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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The Rise of the Skilled City

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The Rise of the Skilled City

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2025, FRB Philadelphia Working Paper No. 04-2
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 30 Jul 2004
Edward L. Glaeser, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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The Rise of the Skilled City

NBER Working Paper No. w10191
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Edward L. Glaeser, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Immigration and the Neighborhood

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 06-22, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2503
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 21 Sep 2006
Albert Saiz, Albert Saiz and Susan M. Wachter
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Department of Real Estate
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Immigration, housing prices

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A New Measure of the Local Regulatory Environment for Housing Markets: Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Dec 2006
Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz, Albert Saiz and Anita A. Summers
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department
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zoning, housing markets, local regulation

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Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 03-12, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2189
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Aug 2004
Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Immigration, housing, housing rents

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Owning Versus Leasing: Do Courts Matter?

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 06-21
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Dec 2006
Pablo Casas-Arce, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Home ownership, Rental housing

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Urban Decline and Housing Reinvestment: The Role of Construction Costs and the Supply Side

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 03-9
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Jul 2004
Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Construction costs, city decline, renovation, unions

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Women and Power: Unwilling, Ineffective, or Held Back?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5645
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Apr 2011
Pablo Casas-Arce, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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female political representation

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Do Courts Matter? Rental Markets and the Law

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Dec 2005
Pablo Casas-Arce, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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contract enforcement, market development, housing rental markets

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Physical Geography and Traffic Delays: Evidence from a Major Coastal City

MIT Center for Real Estate Research Paper No. 21/10
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Jul 2021
Albert Saiz, Albert Saiz and Luyao Wang
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics and Wuhan University
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Beautiful City: Leisure Amenities and Urban Growth

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Beautiful City: Leisure Amenities and Urban Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 59, Issue 3, pp. 369-408, 2019
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 May 2020
Gerald A. Carlino, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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amenities, internal migration, urban population growth

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Construction Costs and the Supply of Housing Structure

Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 661-680, October 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Sep 2006
Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Interest Rates and Non-Fundamental Fluctuations in Home Values

46th Annual AREUEA Conference Paper
Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Albert Saiz and Albert Saiz
MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningIZA Institute of Labor Economics

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