We investigate the driving forces and effects of agglomeration in the local non-tradable
service sector on the value of commercial real estate (CRE). Using a sample of 413 grocery …

We estimate the impact of deregulating shop hours on the structure of the retail sector and
the size and composition of its labor force. To identify the effect of interest, we exploit the …

Regulation over housing development plays a central role in housing markets. In recent
years, housing affordability has become a popular topic in the news; younger generations …

Zoning (or planning) has important functions. Markets play a fundamental role in efficiently
allocating urban land (Bertaud, 2018), but there are endemic problems of market failure …

Trade policies might affect firms' market power and their ability to reap product-market mark-
ups. Thus, potentially they influence not only firms' economic performance, but also worker …

This paper presents data on the 'High Street Warning Lights'–the 100 English towns with the
greatest increase in the persistent vacancy rate since 2015–and the picture of property …