Michael Wiebe
@michaelwiebe.bsky.social
Economics (UBC), yimby, replication, effective altruism, data science.
IZ has to be calibrated so that the costs of providing subsidized homes are covered.
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Inclusionary zoning
How to fund subsidized housing using surplus land value
www.buildingabundance.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
IZ has to be calibrated so that the costs of providing subsidized homes are covered.
www.buildingabundance.ca/p/inclusiona...
www.buildingabundance.ca/p/inclusiona...
No, it's gentrification (rich moving in) without displacement.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
No, it's gentrification (rich moving in) without displacement.
Also, Affordable groceries can't cost more than 20% of median income. Any grocery stores selling unaffordable food will be shut down.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Also, Affordable groceries can't cost more than 20% of median income. Any grocery stores selling unaffordable food will be shut down.
Increase the stock of apartment-zoned land, reduce the price, which decreases the cost of building apartments.
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A two-sector model of land and upzoning
When we upzone land from single-family zoning to apartment zoning, we change the allocation of a city’s fixed stock of land. Upzoning makes apartment-zoned land more abundant and hence cheaper, while ...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Increase the stock of apartment-zoned land, reduce the price, which decreases the cost of building apartments.
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2025/07...
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2025/07...
Household size is endogenous to housing costs.
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Household size is endogenous to housing costs.
If you use "this is not the right time" as a reason to ignore something, you have to revisit the issue when the timing is right. Otherwise, you're just trying to sweep it under the rug.
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you use "this is not the right time" as a reason to ignore something, you have to revisit the issue when the timing is right. Otherwise, you're just trying to sweep it under the rug.
Not on pubpeer, but this started in 2021:
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econjwatch.org/articles/can...
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How I use regression weights to replicate research
One of the main tools I use for replication is regression weights. These show the weight that each observation contributes to a regression coefficient. Suppose we’re regressing \(y\) on \(X_{1}\) and ...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Not on pubpeer, but this started in 2021:
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2021/02...
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2022/04...
econjwatch.org/articles/can...
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2021/02...
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2022/04...
econjwatch.org/articles/can...
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I've been focused on this paper for several years. Cook never responded to emails, JEG refused to consider publishing my comment, the paper continues to be cited for its quantitative results, it's featured on Econtalk and NPR.
Does anyone care about whether the findings are true?
Does anyone care about whether the findings are true?
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What is yellow here?
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What is yellow here?
Filtering
How the expensive new homes of today become the affordable homes of tomorrow
www.buildingabundance.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Easy solution: grant them citizenship, so the housing *does* go to American citizens.
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Easy solution: grant them citizenship, so the housing *does* go to American citizens.
Not calibrated!
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Not calibrated!
Can also achieve integration by vouchers, buying homes, etc.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Can also achieve integration by vouchers, buying homes, etc.
Inclusionary zoning
How to fund subsidized housing using surplus land value
www.buildingabundance.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM