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Housing Research Needs a Credibility Revolution

YIMBY papers receive a disproportionate share of citations

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Aziz Sunderji
Aug 05, 2026
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Academic studies which blame high housing costs on regulation have been cited 6x more widely than studies which come to other conclusions.

Why is housing so expensive? According to my compilation of the most widely cited economic papers over the past few decades about the housing crisis (The Great Debate, here), economists are split.

One camp—we might rou…

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