Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96835 
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Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4773
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate housing consumption may decrease which reduces emissions from residential energy use. A numerical model is used to show that total GHG emissions may be lower under building height restrictions, but only when they are very strict. Welfare is not concave in the strictness of building height limits, so either no limit or a very strict one might maximize welfare. The paper also studies the effect of endogenous transport technology and the urban heat island effect.
Subjects: 
greenhouse gas emissions
city structure
building height limits
JEL: 
Q50
R10
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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