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Tightening the Belt: The Impact of Greenbelts on Housing Affordability

Greenbelts are a widespread policy tool used to protect natural spaces from urban sprawl. With rising housing costs in many metropolitan areas, numerous questions have been raised about the impact of greenbelts on housing markets. In this paper, I …

New Evidence on Wealth Inequality in Canada

Measures of wealth inequality are important indicators, but only exist in a handful of countries. I am the first to estimate the distribution of wealth in Canada on an annual basis from 1990-2018. Using the income capitalization method of Saez & …