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Roofs Or Stars: The Stated Intents And Actual Effects Of A Rents Ordinance

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  • STEVEN N. S. CHEUNG

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As a consequence of a law designed to keep roofs over the heads of resident tenants, some of these tenants were now sleeping out under the stars.

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  • Steven N. S. Cheung, 1975. "Roofs Or Stars: The Stated Intents And Actual Effects Of A Rents Ordinance," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 13(1), pages 1-21, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecinqu:v:13:y:1975:i:1:p:1-21
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1975.tb01100.x
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    1. Yung Yau & Daniel Ho & Kwong Chau, 2008. "Determinants of the Safety Performance of Private Multi-storey Residential Buildings in Hong Kong," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 89(3), pages 501-521, December.
    2. Konstantin A. Kholodilin, 2018. "Measuring Stick-Style Housing Policies: a Multi-Country Longitudinal Database of Governmental Regulations," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1727, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    3. Lok Sang Ho, 1992. "Rent Control: Its Rationale and Effects," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 29(7), pages 1183-1189, October.
    4. Richard Wagner, 2011. "Municipal corporations, economic calculation, and political pricing: exploring a theoretical antinomy," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 149(1), pages 151-165, October.

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