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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.68,P.419-437

语言

英文

关键字

House price capitalization;Social capital;Homeownership;Land and housing supply;Reciprocal cooperation;D71;R21;R31

作者单位

London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1;London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor1":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1

摘要

This paper examines the role of local housing supply conditions for social capital investment. Using an instrumental variables approach and data from the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, it is documented that the positive link between homeownership and individual social capital investment is largely confined to more built-up neighborhoods (with more inelastic supply of new housing). The empirical findings provide support for the proposition that in these localities house price capitalization provides additional incentives for homeowners to invest in social capital. The findings are also largely consistent with the proposition that built-up neighborhoods provide protection from inflows of newcomers that could upset a mutually beneficial equilibrium involving reciprocal cooperation. However, the results do not appear to be driven by selection based on inherent differences in social aptitudes or by Tiebout sorting.