Plausibly Exogenous [1793] - Rent Control (12/30/2024)

LHS Variable
Tenants and landlords

RHS Variable
Rent control

Source of Exogenous Variation
Unexpected 1994 law change that suddenly rent-controlled a subset of San Francisco buildings and their tenants, based on the year each building was built

- Diamond, McQuade, and Qian (2019), “The effects of rent control expansion on tenants, landlords, and inequality: Evidence from San Francisco”