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An Empirical Test of a Theory of the Urban Housing Market

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    (Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle)

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  • John F. McDonald, 1979. "An Empirical Test of a Theory of the Urban Housing Market," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 16(3), pages 291-297, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:16:y:1979:i:3:p:291-297
    DOI: 10.1080/713702536
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    2. Berry, Brian J. L., 1976. "Ghetto expansion and single-family housing prices: Chicago, 1968-1972," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 397-423, October.
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    6. McDonald, John F. & Bowman, H. Woods, 1979. "Land value functions: A reevaluation," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(1), pages 25-41, January.
    7. Barton A. Smith, 1976. "The Supply of Urban Housing," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 90(3), pages 389-405.
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    3. Yusuke Adachi, 2025. "Estimating the housing production function with unobserved land heterogeneity," Papers 2504.20429, arXiv.org, revised May 2026.

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