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1. A Global Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Housing Outcomes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Cynthia Goytia and Eric J. Heikkila

   This paper examines the relationship between land use regulations and housing outcomes, especially housing affordability and informality. Using a unique and important database of 191 metropolitan...

2. Land Conversion and Misallocation Across Cities in China

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2019
   Shihe Fu, Xiaocong Xu, and Junfu Zhang

   The Chinese government has been using quotas to control the amount of farmland that can be converted for urban uses in different cities every year. Using a sample of more than 1.5 million land-lease...

3. The Development of Copycat Towns in China

   An Initial Analysis of Their Economic, Social, and Environmental Implications
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2017
   Daniel Sui, Bo Zhao, and Hui Kong

   The great urban leap forward in China during the past four decades has dramatically transformed the Chinese landscape across the country as well as Chinese society in many profound ways. By situating...

4. Bubble Economics

   How Big a Shock to China’s Real Estate Sector Will Throw the Country into Recession, and Why Does It Matter?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2016
   Bryane Michael and Simon X. Zhao

   How far do China’s property prices need to drop in order to send the country into a recession? What does this question tell us about the way Bubble Economies work? In this paper, we develop a...

5. Dealing with “Small Property Rights” in China’s Land Market Development

   What Can China Learn from Its Past Reforms and the World Experience?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2014
   Xiaofang Shen and Fan Tu

   This research aims to examine the knotty issue in China’s continued land market reform, the so-called “small property right” (SPR) referring to the ambivalent right to the commercial properties...