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Turnaround statistics for submissions (July 2023 - June 2024):

Decisions taken
1,434
Mean decision time on new submissions
60 days
Mean decision time on a first round submission that ends in resubmission decision
141 days
Decisions > 7 months (210 days)
0.7%

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Cities surrounded by expensive farmland are denser and agricultural productivity growth has lowered urban density over time in France. Our multi-region structural change framework can explain it.

New paper by Coeurdacier, @teignier & @FlorianOswald

https://www.restud.com/structural-change-land-use-and-urban-expansion/

🏠Transaction taxes don’t just cool housing—they reshape it. Same rate, different impact: investors buy more, households less. Result: lower ownership and welfare losses of 111% of tax revenue.

New paper from Han, Ngai & Sheedy:

https://www.restud.com/to-own-or-to-rent-the-effects-of-transaction-taxes-on-housing-markets/

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Slum upgrading is a common policy to help residents, but it can delay redevelopment into formal neighborhoods. Evidence from the largest program highlights the tradeoff: central upgrading can entail long-run opportunity costs.

New paper by Harari & Wong:
https://www.restud.com/slum-upgrading-and-long-run-urban-development-evidence-from-indonesia/

We are pleased to introduce Niels Gormsen (@NielsGormsen), Copenhagen Business School & University of Chicago, as a new member of the Editorial Board of REStud. His outstanding expertise will help us continue to publish pioneering economic research.
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