Residential land use regulation and the US housing price cycle between 2000 and 2009

Haifang Huang () and Yao Tang

Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, vol. 71, issue 1, 93-99

Abstract: In a sample covering more than 300 cities in the US from January 2000 to July 2009, we find that more restrictive residential land use regulations and geographic land constraints are linked to larger booms and busts in housing prices. The natural and man-made constraints also amplify price responses to the subprime mortgage credit expansion during the decade, leading to greater price increases in the boom and subsequently bigger losses. Contrary to prior literature, our findings indicate a significant link between supply inelasticity and price declines during the bust, whereas Glaeser et al. (2008) found little evidence of such a relationship from an earlier downturn from 1989 to 1996.

Keywords: Housing; Residential land use regulation; Subprime mortgage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.08.001

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