Housing Assignment with Restrictions: Theory and Evidence from Stanford University's Campus

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Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2014
Volume: 104
Issue: 5
Pages: 67-72

Authors (3)

Tim Landvoigt (not in RePEc) Monika Piazzesi (not in RePEc) Martin Schneider (Stanford University)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

Abstract

This paper studies housing markets where a subset of houses in a restricted area is available exclusively to a subset of "eligible" buyers. An empirical part shows that houses on Stanford campus (available only to faculty) trade at substantial discounts to comparable houses off campus. The theoretical part describes an assignment model with heterogeneous houses and buyers which predicts such discounts if the matchup of quality and buyer pools is sufficiently different inside versus outside the restricted area. The restriction can distort allocations by making eligible buyers choose either higher or lower qualities than ineligible buyers with the same characteristics.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:5:p:67-72
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29