Abstract
Zoning restrictions often exclusively permit one or a few particular types of land use. If the tightness of restrictions differs between land uses, the result may be that the market for land splits into segments referring to particular uses, because the arbitrage mechanism between various land use types is turned off. We provide evidence of such a segmentation of the Dutch land market into three compartments: agricultural, commercial, and residential use. We analyze transactions of ready-to-be developed land and find that residential land is much more expensive than commercial land. We also find that agricultural land is much cheaper than residential and commercial land. (JEL R21, R52)
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Land Use Restrictions, Land Prices, and the Dutch Context
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- 4. Analyses of Median Prices
- 5. Analysis of Individual Land Transactions
- 6. Explaining the Divergence in Land Values Using Municipal Characteristics
- 7. Analysis of Agricultural Land Prices
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