Tall Building and Land Values: Height and Construction Cost Elasticities in Chicago, 1870 - 2010
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- Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. & McMillen, Daniel P., 2018. "Tall buildings and land values: height and construction cost elasticities in Chicago, 1870 – 2010," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 84873, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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Keywords
Chicago; construction cost; density; height; land value; skyscraper;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R20 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - General
- R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2017-12-03 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-URE-2017-12-03 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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