Urban renewal after the Berlin Wall - A place-based policy evaluation
Felix Richter,
Gabriel Ahlfeldt and
Wolfgang Maennig
VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
Abstract:
We use a quasi-experimental research design to study the effects of 22 renewal areas implemented in Berlin, Germany, to increase housing and living quality in the aftermath of the city s division during the Cold War period. Our results suggest within the targeted areas that the policy has helped reduce (increase) the number of buildings in poor (good) condition by 25% (10%). Property prices increased at an annual rate of 0.4-1.8%. However, evidence is weak at best for positive housing externalities. More generally, our findings suggest that estimated place-based policy effects are less sensitive to unobserved local shocks the more treatment and control areas are considered in the analysis.
JEL-codes: H23 R21 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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