Competition between social and private rental housing [[electronic resource] /] / Christian Lennartz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465107003321
• Autore: Lennartz Christian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Cambridge University Press, c2013
• ISBN: 1-299-33346-X; 1-61499-193-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: Sustainable urban areas, , 1574-6410
• Disciplina: 363.5/1; 647.9
• Soggetti: Rental housing; Public housing; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis--Delft University of Technology, February 2013.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The definitions of social and private renting; Competition and rental housing markets in the housing literature; The traditional structure-conduct-performance paradigm; The structure-conduct-performance of rental housing; Research approach and key questions; Methodological approach and data; Outline of the thesis; Rental housing systems in England and the Netherlands; Rental housing in England; The landlords; The tenants; Rental housing in the Netherlands; The landlords; The tenants; The case study cities Coventry and Breda; Coventry in contextBreda in context; Conclusions; Market structure: The competitiveness of mixed rental markets; An analytical framework of perfect competition in mixed rental markets; Supply and spatial concentration; Barriers to entry provision and access consumption; Product differentiation; Perfect competition and the mixed rental markets in Coventry and Breda; Conclusion; Landlord conduct: Perceptions of rivalry and rivalrous behaviour; An analytical framework of conscious rivalry in mixed rental markets; Landlords' perceptions of rivalry and their competitive strategies; Forms of rivalry in the mixed rental markets of Coventry and BredaThe drivers of and barriers to rivalry between social and private landlords; Conclusion; Market performance: The possible effects of competition in mixed rental markets; The concept of performance in the literature; Performance as a mainstream economic concept; The nonprofit view on performance; Performance in the housing literature; An analytical framework of performance in mixed rental markets; The possible effects of competition in the mixed rental markets of Coventry and Breda; Landlord-level effects; Wider market effects; Quantifying the competition-performance relationConclusions; Tenants' willingness to substitute social and private rental services; An analytical framework of tenants' moving intentions in mixed rental markets; Tenants' perceptions of and attitudes towards social and private renting in Breda; Dependent and independent variables; Statistical methods; Results; Tenants' moving intentions in the mixed rental market of Breda; Dependent and independent and variables; Statistical approach; Results; Social tenants' perceptions and moving intentions in Coventry - a descriptive analysis; Variables and statistical methodsResults; Conclusion; Summary and conclusions; Exploring competition - the individual elements of the SCP of rental housing; The competitiveness of mixed rental housing markets; Competitive conduct of landlords in mixed rental markets; Landlord and market performance; Consumption decisions and the willingness to substitute; Understanding competition - the links between the elements of the SCP of rental housing; Reflections on the research and directions for further research; Policy implications; Summary (in Dutch); References; Appendix A. Case study selection; Appendix B. Methodology: Qualitative interviews with social and private landlords