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DOI: 10.1080/00420988720080451 © 1987 Urban Studies Journal Limited Some Factors Explaining Variations in Rents of Downtown Apartments for 49 Cities of the WorldBentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02254
Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02254 There exists a substantial variation in apartment rents between cities of the world. Several factors must contribute to inter-city variations in rents. This paper presents an empirical identification and measurement of some of the relevant factors explaining the variations in rents between a sample of forty-nine cities. The results of our empirical analysis show that the variables which explain inter-city variations in rents are: population size, costs of public and private intra-urban transport, tax assessments, and social insurance contributions.
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