Should we bribe the NIMBYs?
Should we bribe the NIMBYs?
- July 31, 2026
- Research by Noah Kouchekinia, economics, featured in The Argument
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Perhaps cities with inclusionary zoning are also wealthier, or more liberal, or have a higher cost of living. That makes it difficult to compare like with like and tease out the effect of inclusionary zoning alone. But a new paper — “Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Supply: Evidence from California’s Palmer Fix” by Noah Kouchekinia, an economics Ph.D. student at the University of California, Irvine — has found a way around this challenge.
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