Djankov, Simeon; Glaeser, Edward L.; Perotti, Valeria; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
, influence the shape of cities? This paper incorporates insecure property rights into a standard model of urban land prices and … density, and makes predictions about investment in land and property, informality, and the efficiency of land use. Our … empirical analysis links data on institutions for land titling and transfer with multiple urban outcomes, in 190 countries. The …