Razing San Francisco: The 1906 disaster as a natural experiment in urban redevelopment
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Keywords
Durable capital; Natural experiment; Persistence; Redevelopment; Residential density;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N91 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
- R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets
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