Government Regulation and the Cost of Housing

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

12-1-1977

Series Information

Occasional Paper 10

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

One of the important factors in the rising prices in the housing market is the array of government regulations facing land developers, homebuilders, and financial institutions. Not all government regulation is bad, but the costs are often simply passed along to the consumer, essentially as a "hidden tax." This paper examines the various effects of housing regulation and outlines the procedures for change.

Keywords

Housing Regulation, Hidden Tax, Regulatory Change, Rising Costs

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K7Z31WTV

DOI

doi:10.7936/K7Z31WTV

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "Government Regulation and the Cost of Housing", Occasional Paper 10, 1977, doi:10.7936/K7Z31WTV.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/75.