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The effects of a FAR regulation in a model of durable building with redevelopment: The case of New York City

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  • Moon, Byunggeor
  • Ahn, Sungin

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This paper investigates the partial equilibrium effects of a floor area ratio (“FAR”) regulation in a growing city with rising rents. We extend the standard urban land-use model with FAR regulation in the existing literature to a dynamic setting to provide additional insight into development patterns in a city with a regulation which restricts the maximum-allowed FAR. We show that a FAR regulation hastens construction and lowers the density of buildings, and we also find the effects of a FAR regulation on land value to be consistent with the existing literature. We then demonstrate the relationship between a FAR regulation and land value and the relationship between the regulation and development patterns in New York City. Our data shows that all else equal, a lower maximum-allowed FAR is correlated with lower land values, earlier demolition of buildings, and lower density of newly constructed buildings.

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  • Moon, Byunggeor & Ahn, Sungin, 2022. "The effects of a FAR regulation in a model of durable building with redevelopment: The case of New York City," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:regeco:v:95:y:2022:i:c:s0166046222000060
    DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2022.103775
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