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A housing supply absorption rate equation

You are a housing developer with a large plot of land on the fringes of a major city with no planning constraints. How quickly should you…

Sep 2, 2020

A housing supply absorption rate equation

Sep 2, 2020

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Are NIMBYs financially motivated or are property developers?

A puzzle came via twitter following the crazy story of RBA research claiming that if you remove planning controls, apartment prices will…

Aug 10, 2020

Are NIMBYs financially motivated or are property developers?

Aug 10, 2020

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Fresh Economic Thinking

A housing absorption rate formula

Housing supply is one of the most misunderstood processes in economics. The reason for this is that the core standard theory of economics…

Aug 4, 2020

A housing absorption rate formula

Aug 4, 2020

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Missing middle housing? Blame economics, not planning

A common objective of town planning schemes is the densification of existing suburbs to create “missing middle” density. This is usually…

Mar 31, 2020

Missing middle housing? Blame economics, not planning

Mar 31, 2020

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A “Central Housing Bank” proposal for a crisis… and beyond

Cameron Murray Henry Halloran Trust, The University of Sydney 20 March 2020

Mar 25, 2020

A “Central Housing Bank” proposal for a crisis… and beyond

Mar 25, 2020

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Fresh Economic Thinking

Bad economics of the stamp duty discourse

This is an expanded version of an article first published at The Conversation.

Feb 17, 2020

Bad economics of the stamp duty discourse

Feb 17, 2020

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The easiest retirement system — Retiree Tokens

People are often confused about retirement income systems. Understandably so. Most economists, and organisations such as the IMF, OECD…

Feb 17, 2020

The easiest retirement system — Retiree Tokens

Feb 17, 2020

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Rent control is totally normal price-cap regulation

Bernie Sanders has smashed the Overton window. Rent control is going global.

Feb 1, 2020

Rent control is totally normal price-cap regulation

Feb 1, 2020

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Housing subsidy and UBI confusion

When the Australia government introduced a cash grant for first home buyers, the aggregate effect was to increase home prices by roughly…

Feb 1, 2020

Housing subsidy and UBI confusion

Feb 1, 2020

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The bathtub analogy of housing supply

Many people hold the view that rezoning land to allow higher density residential uses on each plot will accelerate the rate of city…

Jun 11, 2019

The bathtub analogy of housing supply

Jun 11, 2019

Cameron Murray

Cameron Murray

Economist. Corruption, environment, property market specialist. Blogger. Thinks economics could be better than it is. http://fresheconomicthinking.com

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