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Determinants Of Rental Rates In Major Cities In The United States, Roy Ruivo
Determinants Of Rental Rates In Major Cities In The United States, Roy Ruivo
Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal
The focus of this paper is to determine variables that contribute to rental rate pricing. Using U.S. Census data pertaining to all cities in the United States with populations over 100,000 in 2005, this paper furthers a study of inter-city rent determinants within New York City provided by Marco (2008) using additional variables provided by Gilderbloom and Pan (2002) in their inter-city study. This report studies the impact of variables, including vacancy rates, median family income, population growth rate, and average housing costs. The population variable will be manipulated so that it represents density, which provides an accurate representation of …