Ballesteros, Marife M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2003
This study examines benefits (and losses) from the rent control law in Metro Manila. The results show that net benefits … from rent control are positive and targets mainly the poor families. However, benefits have negligible effects on income …. They also tend to be eroded by the regressive effects of rent control on supply of rental housing, in particular, the …