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Similar Challenges - Different Responses: Housing Policy in Germany and Russia between the Two World Wars

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  • Konstantin A. Kholodilin
  • Mark G. Meerovich

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The World War I played a key role in shaping modern housing policy. While in the pre-War time virtually no housing policy existed, the beginning of hostilities led to an almost immediate and comprehensive state intervention in the housing market, particularly among those engaged in the war. Despite initially similar conditions and challenges induced by the war, housing policy was carried out in different countries differently. This is particularly true for Germany and Russia. Even though both went through similar processes during the inter-war era, the different objective functions pursued by their political regimes shaped their housing policies in completely different manners. This paper compares the housing policies in Germany and Russia, identifying the similarities and differences.

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  • Konstantin A. Kholodilin & Mark G. Meerovich, 2014. "Similar Challenges - Different Responses: Housing Policy in Germany and Russia between the Two World Wars," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1391, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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    Keywords

    Germany; Russia; housing policy; World War; rationing; tenant eviction; rent control;
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    JEL classification:

    • N44 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N94 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: 1913-
    • P25 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
    • R38 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Government Policy

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