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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 12d

The week ends with excellent news: the @dfg.de grants the renewal of our research group #RISS "Reconfiguration and Internalization of Social Structure" for a second funding phase!

Thus, more fascinating research ongoing & more jobs opening up at @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social!

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 7d

Über Mechanismen wie lokale Mietspiegel geben diese höheren Mieten der neu gebauten Wohnungen dann ja auch potentiell wirklich den Vermieterinnen und Vermietern im Bestand mehr Möglichkeiten wiederum die Mieten zu erhöhen. Diese "Bedrohung" wird (bzw. wurde) durch den Mietendeckel aufgehoben.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 7d

Danke! Ich denke, dass der Hauptmechanismus darin liegt, dass es eine Abkehr davon gibt, genau an diesen Mechanismus (Sickereffekt) zu glauben, zumindest in räumlichen Kontexten, wo Neuvermietungsmieten deutlich über den Bestandsmieten liegen (vgl. unsere Appendix-Analysen A.23 im Paper)

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 7d

Danke! Nur als Mini-Korrektur: Einführung des Mietendeckels, nicht der Mietpreisbremse, das sind ja doch zwei Policies mit sehr unterschiedlichem Umfang im Sinne der Mietenregulierung

Hier gibt es auch einen kurzen Thread mit einer Kurz-Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse:

bsky.app/profile/robe...

Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · 7d

Interessantes Papier von @anselmhager.bsky.social @hannohilbig.bsky.social und @robertvief.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1..., die zeigen, dass Einführung der Mietpreisbremse in Berlin NIMBYism, also die Ablehnung von Bauarbeiten und Migranten in der Nachbarschaft, reduziert hat

Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 7d

Danke! Nur als Mini-Korrektur: Einführung des Mietendeckels, nicht der Mietpreisbremse, das sind ja doch zwei Policies mit sehr unterschiedlichem Umfang im Sinne der Mietenregulierung

Hier gibt es auch einen kurzen Thread mit einer Kurz-Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse:

bsky.app/profile/robe...

Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)

(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)

👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Most important findings in this thread:

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 14d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 14d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

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Nils C. Kumkar @nilskumkar.bsky.social · 17d

Der Witz schreibt sich so sehr selbst, er steht da schon.

Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 17d

Reiche gegen höhere Erbschaftssteuer#Erbschaftssteuer#Reiche

Reiche gegen höhere Erbschaftssteuer

Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche sieht in Steuererhöhungen "Gift" für den Standort Deutschland.

www.tagesschau.de

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Fabian Gülzau @fguelzau.bsky.social · 29d

Striking visualisation of the global mobility divide! Also chance to highlight some relevant research... 🧵

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 29d

There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️

I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊

#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2

Chart showing how rankings of passports have changed over time, split by region with top one in each highlighted. European are ranked high, and UAE has had a dramatic rise.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

So, again, if you want to have a more detailed look at the study, have a read here:

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

And if you do not have access through your university, just e-mail me ([email protected]).

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

-IF new housing in the local context is systematically more expensive than the market average (which is very often the case) and
-IF the law also gives them tangible economic benefits

Maybe important to remind for policy makers working in housing.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

That buffer removes the fear that new buildings in the area equals displacement and/or higher costs.

So while rent control may have direct effects we cannot speak to, it certainly lowers political resistance to new housing[...]

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

Why? We find that this is very likely due to the channel of economic security.

Especially the residents receiving the strongest rent reductions and living in neighborhoods that recently saw strong rent increases are more welcoming of new housing through the rent control law.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

Our findings?

🏗️ Tenants in rent-controlled apartments became more supportive of local construction.

🏘️ They also became more open to new residents moving in.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

We are taking advantage of a natural experiment: Berlin’s 2019 rent cap law — one of the boldest rent control experiments worldwide.

Rents were frozen (and in many many cases lowered) until Germany’s constitutional court struck it down in 2021.

And (see map below), reductions affected many

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

On the other hand:

➡️ Rent control might decrease NIMBYism.

By easing fears of gentrification & displacement they had before, and by the threat they see in new housing in elevating the market price of rents. It could therefore make tenants more welcoming of new housing and newcomers.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

Theoretically, the mechanism could go both ways:

➡️ Rent control might increase NIMBYism.

Tenants in rent-controlled flats have stronger incentives to stay longer in their contracts, feel secure, and resist change in their neighborhoods, including new housing projects.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

We cannot speak to the direct market mechanism and cannot add to the dispute here on the effects of rent control.

But we can add to the second part of the argument, the indirect effects on the housing market through people’s attitudes.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

We’re told all the time:

❌ “Rent control kills housing supply.”
❌ “It fuels NIMBYism.”

But what if the story is more complicated?

What if rent control actually makes people more supportive of new housing?

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 18d

🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)

(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)

👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Most important findings in this thread:

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Lili Vargha @lilivargha.bsky.social · 29d

Congrats congrats congrats for all winners🎉🎉🥳🥳

I just wish they were not 3 men as the committee + 4 men as the winners 🫠🤷‍♀️

Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations to Chen-Hao Hsu @uni-bamberg.de
for winning the 2nd place #ECSR PhD prize #ECSR2025 🥳🥳🥳

PhD prize winners at the ceremony at the ECSR conference in Cologne

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 29d

I exactly thought the same. "Slight" gender bias in the whole thing...

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 29d

Aber es geht ihnen doch um die "Sache", da wird 100% noch was kommen... 🤡

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