Working Paper
Logit analysis of the effect of rent control on housing quality
Abstract: Rent control is one of the few policy issues on which there is a general agreement among economists. Economic theory predicts, and few economists have tried to dispute, that imposing rent controls on a housing market is likely to lead to rental housing shortages and general deterioration of quality. Even on income distribution grounds, rent control receives poor reviews, since it is generally agreed to be a clumsy and inexact means of helping the poor.
Keywords: Housing; Rent control;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Part of Series: Working Paper
Publication Date: 1985
Number: 85-06