Rent control and housing Reconstruction.pdf

The University of Chicago Rent Control and Housing Reconstruction: The Postwar Experience of Prewar Premises in Hong Kong Author(s): Steven N. S. Cheung Source: Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Apr., 1979), pp. 27-53 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: /stable/725212 . Accessed: 16/04/2011 10:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . /action/showPublisher?publisherCode=ucpress. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. The University of Chicago Press and The University of Chicago are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Law and Economics. RENT CONTROL AND HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION: THE POSTWAR EXPERIENCE OF PREWAR PREMISES IN HONG KONG* STEVEN N. S. CHEUNG University of Washington