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Tenant rights, eviction, and rent affordability 租户权利，驱逐和租金负担能力

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103762

N. Edward Coulson , Thao Le , Victor Ortego-Marti , Lily Shen

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When does crime respond to punishment?: Evidence from drug-free school zones 什么时候犯罪对惩罚有反应？来自无毒学区的证据

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103763

Robert Gonzalez , Ranae Jabri , Sarah Komisarow

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Why do right to carry laws increase violence? Effects on gun theft and clearance rates 为什么携带权法会增加暴力？对枪支盗窃和清除率的影响

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103761

John J. Donohue , Samuel V. Cai , Matthew V. Bondy , Philip J. Cook

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Tax policy and the heterogeneous costs of homeownership 税收政策和房屋所有权的异质性成本

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103750

Kelly C. Bishop , Jakob Dowling , Nicolai V. Kuminoff , Alvin D. Murphy

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The effect of water filtration on cholera mortality 水过滤对霍乱死亡率的影响

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103752

Daniel Knutsson

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JUE insight: Efficiency of bus priority infrastructure 识识：公交优先基础设施的效率

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103751

Felipe González , Hugo E. Silva

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Analyzing political preferences of second-generation immigrants across the rural–urban divide 分析跨越城乡鸿沟的第二代移民的政治偏好

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103740

Simone Moriconi , Giovanni Peri , Riccardo Turati

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Long-term effects of weather-induced migration on urban labor and housing markets 气候导致的人口迁移对城市劳动力和住房市场的长期影响

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103739

Matias Busso, Juan Pablo Chauvin

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The effect of macroprudential policies on homeownership: Evidence from Switzerland 宏观审慎政策对住房所有权的影响：来自瑞士的证据

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103749

Elio Bolliger , Adrian Bruhin , Andreas Fuster , Maja Ganarin

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Roads, internal migration and the spatial sorting of U.S. high-skill workers 道路、国内移民和美国高技能工人的空间分类

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Journal of Urban Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2024.103735

Florin Cucu

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