Urban Economics
Cities are dynamic centers of exchange, innovation, and economic growth, providing the platform where people, ideas, and capital come together. However, the regulations that limit urban development reduce the potential for income mobility and rising standards of living over time. Mercatus research shows how land-use policy reform can reverse the stagnation in our cities and address the systemic problem of housing affordability.
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Book Review: HIAHP | Market Urbanism
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The Benefits of Transit-Oriented Zoning Reform
Connecticut Planning and Development Committee Chair Rahman, Chair Kavros DeGraw, Ranking Members Fazio and Zullo, and members
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Resources for Reformers: Houston’s Minimum Lot Sizes | Market Urbanism
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Resources for Reformers: Houston’s Minimum Lot Sizes | Market Urbanism
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Rights, Responsibilities, and Preemption in Minnesota
Chair Howard, Vice Chair Agbaje, Ranking Member Johnson, and members of the House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy, thank
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Ideas of India: Order Without Design
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Why Is It So Hard To Find an Affordable City To Raise a Family? | The New York Times' Twitter Space
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Xiaodi Li, Misunderstood | Market Urbanism
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Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Explained | ThinkTech Hawaii
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Welcome Michael Nahas | Market Urbanism
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Zoning Out American Families | Discourse
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Order Without Design / Rethinking the Role of Government in City Development | CID Harvard
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Mostly Invisible: The Cost of Valid Petitions in Texas
The Texas legislature is currently considering reforms to its valid petition law. Valid petitions are an obscure zoning
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Should Governments Nudge Land Assembly? | Market Urbanism
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Getting to Housing Abundance in the Shadow of History | Discourse
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Your Neighborhood May Be Filled With Apartments One Day. And That’s Ok | The Arizona Republic
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Why We Need To Achieve Housing Abundance | Discourse
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Acclaimed urbanist Alain Bertaud joins Mercatus Center’s Urbanity Project
ARLINGTON, VA — The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is pleased to announce the addition of renowned urbanist Alain
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State Policymakers' Role in Protecting the Right to Build Housing in Montana
Chair Brewster and members of the House Local Government Committee, thank you for allowing me to offer testimony on the issue of
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