A 2019 US study says limits on housing held back growth.

Checked 2026-10-13. Each record says what the source can and cannot show.

What this covers

Place: United States
Time covered: The model covers 1964 to 2009

What this does not prove

This is a US model, not a measured loss for Canada. A later paper disputes parts of the result. Read H-E03 too. Do not treat it as proof of a 36% loss in GDP.

Read the first US study and the later paper that questions it. Neither measures a loss for Canada.

First US study · Later paper

Read the source

Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation ↗

Hsieh and Moretti / AEJ Macroeconomics · 2019-04

Where to look: Abstract; DOI 10.1257/mac.20170388

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