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
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Uri Simonsohn
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning 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 and Uri Simonsohn
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning 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 and Albert Saiz
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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internal migration, amenities, urban population growth

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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 and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Public Policy Institute of California and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Consumer City

NBER Working Paper No. w7790
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2001
Edward L. Glaeser, Jed Kolko and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Public Policy Institute of California and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles

NBER Working Paper No. w14193
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 07 May 2015
Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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The Rise of the Skilled City

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Citation 66

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 and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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: 17 May 2012
Edward L. Glaeser and Albert Saiz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Real Trends: The Future of Real Estate in the United States

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 19 Jan 2018
Albert Saiz and Arianna Salazar
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Urban Studies & Planning, Students
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Real Estate

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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 and Susan M. Wachter
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning 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 and Anita A. Summers
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning 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
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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contract enforcement, market development, housing rental markets

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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 and Albert Saiz
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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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 and Albert Saiz
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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amenities, internal migration, urban population growth

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Interest Rates and Non-Fundamental Fluctuations in Home Values

46th Annual AREUEA Conference Paper
Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Albert Saiz
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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