Urban Economics

  1. Housing Markets
    1. Characteristics of Housing Markets
      1. Housing as Durable Good
        1. Spatial Immobility
          1. Heterogeneity
            1. High Transaction Costs
              1. Information Asymmetries
                1. Neighborhood Effects
                2. Housing Demand
                  1. Determinants of Housing Demand
                    1. Income Effects
                      1. Price Effects
                        1. Demographic Factors
                          1. Household Composition
                            1. Life Cycle Effects
                            2. Tenure Choice
                              1. Homeownership vs Renting
                                1. Financial Considerations
                                  1. Mobility Factors
                                    1. Tax Advantages
                                    2. Demand Elasticities
                                      1. Income Elasticity
                                        1. Price Elasticity
                                          1. Cross-Price Elasticity
                                          2. Neighborhood Choice
                                            1. Residential Sorting
                                              1. School Quality Effects
                                                1. Amenity Capitalization
                                              2. Housing Supply
                                                1. New Construction
                                                  1. Supply Elasticity
                                                    1. Regulatory Constraints
                                                      1. Land Availability
                                                        1. Construction Costs
                                                          1. Labor Markets
                                                          2. Existing Housing Stock
                                                            1. Filtering Model
                                                              1. Maintenance and Improvement
                                                                1. Conversion and Subdivision
                                                                2. Housing Quality
                                                                  1. Quality Measurement
                                                                    1. Quality Deterioration
                                                                      1. Quality Improvement
                                                                    2. Housing Market Dynamics
                                                                      1. Price Formation
                                                                        1. Market Segmentation
                                                                          1. Spatial Arbitrage
                                                                            1. Housing Cycles
                                                                              1. Bubbles and Crashes

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                                                                            7. Housing Policy