Bunching in real-estate markets: Regulated building heights in New York City

IF 5.7 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Jan K. Brueckner , David Leather , Miguel Zerecero
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Abstract

This paper presents a real-estate application of the bunching methodology widely used in other areas of applied microeconomics. The focus is on regulated building heights in New York City, where developers can exceed a parcel’s regulated height by incurring additional costs. Using the bunching methodology, we estimate the magnitude of these extra costs, with the results showing a modest increase in the marginal cost of floor space beyond the regulated building height. We use these estimates to predict the additional floor space that would be created by complete removal of building-height regulation in NYC. While this last exercise is circumscribed by our focus on a limited number of zoning categories, the results suggest that New York could secure notably more housing through lighter height regulation.

房地产市场的束缚:纽约市受管制的建筑高度
本文介绍了广泛应用于应用微观经济学其他领域的扎堆方法在房地产领域的应用。本文的重点是纽约市受管制的建筑高度,在纽约市,开发商可以通过承担额外成本来超过地块受管制的高度。我们利用聚类方法估算了这些额外成本的规模,结果显示超过规定建筑高度的楼面空间边际成本略有增加。我们利用这些估算结果来预测纽约市完全取消建筑高度管制后所增加的楼面面积。虽然最后一项工作由于我们只关注有限的分区类别而受到限制,但结果表明,纽约市可以通过放松高度管制来确保更多的住房。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Urban Economics provides a focal point for the publication of research papers in the rapidly expanding field of urban economics. It publishes papers of great scholarly merit on a wide range of topics and employing a wide range of approaches to urban economics. The Journal welcomes papers that are theoretical or empirical, positive or normative. Although the Journal is not intended to be multidisciplinary, papers by noneconomists are welcome if they are of interest to economists. Brief Notes are also published if they lie within the purview of the Journal and if they contain new information, comment on published work, or new theoretical suggestions.
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