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FAR regulations and the spatial size of Brazilian cities

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  • Ricardo Carvalho de Andrade Lima
  • Leonardo Monasterio

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This paper evaluates the influence of the maximum allowed floor area ratio (FAR) on the spatial size of Brazilian cities. We built a novel database on building height restrictions for the 325 largest cities in the country and combined it with recent satellite data. Our estimations show that, as predicted by the monocentric model, tighter constraints are associated with larger urban areas, and this result is robust to several specifications, sensitivity tests and different estimation strategies. Additionally, back-of-the-envelope calculations show that a higher stringency of the building-height regulation generates an annual cost of about US$9.67 million per average Brazilian city.

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  • Ricardo Carvalho de Andrade Lima & Leonardo Monasterio, 2025. "FAR regulations and the spatial size of Brazilian cities," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 2376121-237, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:59:y:2025:i:1:p:2376121
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2376121
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