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Article: The rise and fall of discriminatory zoning in Hong Kong

TitleThe rise and fall of discriminatory zoning in Hong Kong
Authors
Lai, LWCYu, MKW
Issue Date2001
PublisherPion Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.envplan.com/B.html
Citation
Environment And Planning B: Planning And Design, 2001, v. 28 n. 2, p. 295-314 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b2720
AbstractBy using a modified Cheung model of price control, we show that discriminatory zoning is economically an inefficient protectionist alternative to nondiscriminatory zoning. The exclusionary zoning on the Peak of Hong Kong arose in order to give Europeans a housing area free from economic price competition with the Chinese. Documentary evidence is adduced to support this view of the law. Such zoning collapsed after the Second World War when European owners needed to realized their capital. Land-transaction records of certain sites on the Peak are analysed to support this interpretation. Without claiming to offer an exclusive explanation as to the formation of discriminatory law, we advance the case that discrimination is economically inefficient and will be abolished once the favoured group ceases to benefit from its continuation.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81975
ISSN
0265-8135
2016 Impact Factor: 1.527
2019 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.109
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000167432000009
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dc.description.abstractBy using a modified Cheung model of price control, we show that discriminatory zoning is economically an inefficient protectionist alternative to nondiscriminatory zoning. The exclusionary zoning on the Peak of Hong Kong arose in order to give Europeans a housing area free from economic price competition with the Chinese. Documentary evidence is adduced to support this view of the law. Such zoning collapsed after the Second World War when European owners needed to realized their capital. Land-transaction records of certain sites on the Peak are analysed to support this interpretation. Without claiming to offer an exclusive explanation as to the formation of discriminatory law, we advance the case that discrimination is economically inefficient and will be abolished once the favoured group ceases to benefit from its continuation.en_HK
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