Height restrictions and housing prices: A difference-in-discontinuity approach

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2018
Volume: 164
Issue: C
Pages: 58-61

Authors (4)

Dantas, Raissa N.D. (not in RePEc) Duarte, Gisleia (not in RePEc) da Mota Silveira Neto, Raul (not in RePEc) Sampaio, Breno (Universidade Federal de Pernam...)

Score contribution per author:

0.252 = (α=2.02 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In this paper we exploit the enactment of a city-level building height-restriction-law in some, but not all, counties located in the largest city of northeast Brazil to investigate how restrictions to urban land-use affect real estate market prices. Using a difference-in-geographic-discontinuity design, we show that the imposed restriction led apartments (houses) to experience a significant increase (decrease) in unit prices.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:164:y:2018:i:c:p:58-61
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-29