On the origins of land use regulations: theory and evidence from us metro areas

By C. Hilber, Frédéric Robert-Nicoud. 2013

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Lobbying, political competition, and local land supply: recent evidence from Spain (2012, background): “estimating the impact of political competition on a range of policy variables include Johansson (2003), Besley et al.”
Supply Constraints Are Not Valid Instrumental Variables for Home Prices Because They Are Correlated with Many Demand Factors (2016, background): “Hilber and Robert-Nicoud (2013) state: “More desirable locations are more developed and, as a consequence of political economy forces, more regulated.””
Land use regulations and the value of land and housing: An intra-metropolitan analysis (2014, background): “Impor-tantly, the Bay Area is also infamous for a restrictive pattern of land use regulation and for containing some of the most land constrained Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) 4 in the United States (Hilber and Robert-Nicoud, 2013; Saiz, 2010).”
The Impact of Supply Constraints on House Prices in England (2016, unknown): “Moreover, recent studies have suggested that regulatory constraints have become more binding over the last few decades (in the US: Glaeser et al. 2005b; in the UK: Cheshire and Hilber, 2008) and may become even more binding – across the globe – in the future (Hilber and Robert-Nicoud, 2013).”
The Evolution of Homeownership Rates in Selected OECD Countries: Demographic and Public Policy Influences (2011, methodology): “Against this, homeowners have an incentive to restrict new supply – through support for zoning and land-use regulations – in order to raise house prices, which is likely to impose costs on outsiders (Glaeser and Shapiro, 2003; Hilber and Robert-Nicoud, 2010).”