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Title: The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: 10.21034/iwp.20

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Abstract: Cities with cleaner power plants and lower energy demand have stricter land use restrictions; these restrictions increase housing prices and disin-centivize living in these lower polluting cities. We use a spatial equilibrium model to quantify the effect of land use restrictions on household carbon emissions. Our model features heterogeneous households, cities that vary by power plant technology and the benefits of energy usage, as well as endoge-nous wages and rents. Relaxing restrictions in California to the national median leads to a 2.3% drop in national carbon emissions. The burden of a carbon tax differs substantially across locations. JEL Classification: R13, R31, Q4

Url: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/68e5/c220e7ce7fa574c6ffec5a03677b25843700.pdf

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Authors: Colas, Mark; Morehouse, John M

Series Title: Institute Working Paper

Publication Number: 20

Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

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Publisher Location: Minneapolis

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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