JUE insight: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2023-01

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en

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8

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Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 133

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We study the city-wide effects of new, centrally-located market-rate housing supply using geo-coded population-wide register data from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The supply of new market rate units triggers moving chains that quickly reach middle- and low-income neighborhoods and individuals. Thus, new market-rate construction loosens the housing market in middle- and low-income areas even in the short run. Market-rate supply is likely to improve affordability outside the sub-markets where new construction occurs and to benefit low-income people.

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Housing supply, Housing affordability, Filtering

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Bratu, C, Harjunen, O & Saarimaa, T 2023, ' JUE insight: City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains ', Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 133, 103528 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2022.103528