3 papers
econ.GN2025
A Price to Enter: Anticipatory Housing Market Sorting and Access Inequality under New York's Congestion Pricing
Mingzhi Xiao, Yuki Takayama
This study examines how congestion pricing shapes housing market outcomes and spatial equity in New York City. Using high-frequency sales and rental data and a combination of prope…
econ.GN2025
When Does Tourism Raise Land Prices? Threshold Effects, Superstar Cities, and Policy Lessons from Japan
Mingzhi Xiao, Takara Sakai, Daisuke Murakami +1
While tourism is widely regarded as a catalyst for economic and urban transformation, its effects on land prices remain contested. This study examines tourism and land prices using…
econ.GN2025
The Role of High-Speed Rail in Reshaping Chinese County-Level Economic Structures
Mingzhi Xiao, Yuki Takayama
As high-speed rail (HSR) investment accelerates across China, the question of whether such large-scale infrastructure can promote balanced regional development or exacerbate spatia…