Rent Control: An Economic Abomination

Rent control is a public policy which fails on both normative and positive economic grounds. In the former case, it violates all canons of equity, of both right (private property rights are sacrosanct) and left (it does not promote egalitarianism, rather, often, it enriches rich tenants and impoveri...

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Authors: Block, Walter (Author) ; Horton, Joseph (Author) ; Shorter, Ethan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1998
In: International journal of value-based management
Year: 1998, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 253-263
Further subjects:B Homelessness
B tenants
B rent control
B deregulation
B economic incentives
B landlords
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