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An Analysis of the German Tenant Protection Law

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  • Homburg, Stefan

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The article analyzes the welfare impact of Germany's tenant protection law. It shows why tenants do not demand protection in a market equilibrium, notwithstanding that moving expenses may be considerable. Under this assumption, tenant protection enforced by the law makes tenants worse off in the long run, whereas the number of actual evictions remains unchanged.

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  • Homburg, Stefan, 1993. "An Analysis of the German Tenant Protection Law," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 149(2), pages 464-474.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:92900
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    1. Iwata, Shinichiro, 2002. "The Japanese Tenant Protection Law and Asymmetric Information on Tenure Length," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 125-151, June.
    2. Ramon Sotelo, 2001. "Foundations of Home Ownership Policy - The Implementation of the Financing of Use as an Independent Finance Level," ERES eres2001_281, European Real Estate Society (ERES).
    3. Hubert, Franz, 1995. "Contracting with costly tenants," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 631-654, October.
    4. Masatomo Suzuki & Yasushi Asami, 2020. "Tenant Protection, Temporal Vacancy and Frequent Reconstruction in the Rental Housing Market," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 48(4), pages 1074-1095, December.
    5. Abebe Hailemariam & Sefa Awaworyi Churchill & Russell Smyth & Kingsley Tetteh Baako, 2021. "Income inequality and housing prices in the very long‐run," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 88(1), pages 295-321, July.
    6. Scholten, Ulrich, 1999. "Die Förderung von Wohneigentum," Beiträge zur Finanzwissenschaft, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, edition 1, volume 8, number urn:isbn:9783161472343, September.

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    Keywords

    Tenant protection; Welfare;

    JEL classification:

    • K11 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Property Law
    • K36 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Family and Personal Law

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