Fitzenberger, Bernd; Fuchs, Benjamin - 2016
shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this … CPI increase strongly from 1984 until the reform in 2001, and there is a reversal in the trend afterwards. Before the … reform, there is a significant residence discount which decreases in absolute value with tenure. The reform reduces rents, in …