Lawrence B Smith

Biographic Data

ID3822493
NAMELawrence B Smith
GIVEN NAMESLawrence B
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH L B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS21
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
H-INDEX3

  • Intertenancy Rent Decontrol in Ontario

    Lawrence B SmithARTICLECanadian Public Policy2003References: 1

    Intertenancy rent decontrol (referred to in Ontario as vacancy decontrol) forms the headstone of the Ontario rent-control system. The transition from a relatively rigid rent-control regime to intertenancy decontrol created distortions in the rental market, the most significant being the creation of a two-tier rent system with rent on decontrolled units above the rent that would have existed in the absence of controls. As an intertenancy system ma…

  • Economic Implications of Ontario's New Housing Legislation, Bills 11 and 51

    Lawrence B SmithARTICLECanadian Public Policy1988Cited by: 1

  • Rent Control in Toronto

    George Fallis, Lawrence B SmithARTICLECanadian Public Policy1985Cited by: 1References: 2

  • The Demand for Housing, Household Headship Rates, and Household Formation

    Open AccessLawrence B Smith, Kenneth T Rosen et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies1984Cited by: 5References: 8

    This study investigates the influence of availability and affordability of housing on demographic changes through an international analysis of the relationship between age specific headship rates and housing availability and affordability. The researchers describe the basic trends in household formation and headship rates in Canada, France, Great Britain and the United States, investigate the economic determinants of age specific household headsh…

  • The Crisis in Rental Housing

    Open AccessLawrence B SmithARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1983Cited by: 1References: 7

    Concern has recently been raised in the United States and Canada about a growing crisis in rental housing. Since many of the issues raised in connection with the possibility of a U.S. crisis have surfaced earlier or in magnified form in Canada, this article examines the question of a rental housing crisis from the Canadian perspective. The article begins with a discussion of the background of the rental crisis and an examination of the pre-1972 t…

  • Housing Programs and Income Distribution in Ontario

    Lawrence B Smith, George FallisARTICLECanadian Journal of Economics/Revue…1981

  • Housing Assistance

    Lawrence B SmithARTICLECanadian Public Policy1981References: 1

  • Government in Canadian Capital Markets

    Peter Howitt, James E Pesando et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1979

  • Public Property? The Habitat Debate Continued. Essays on the Price, Ownership and Government of Land

    W van Vuuren, Lawrence B Smith et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1978

  • Rent Control

    Lawrence B Smith, F A Von HayekARTICLECanadian Public Policy1976

  • Myths and Realities in Mortgage Finance and the Housing Crisis

    Lawrence B SmithARTICLECanadian Public Policy1976Cited by: 1

    This paper identifies some of the myths and realities surrounding mortgage finance and the so-called housing crisis. It indicates the major reason for the decline in new residential construction is not an excessively high mortgage rate but the absence of a housing shortage. This is obvious from the quality of the housing stock, the availability of housing, the affordability of housing in terms of the proportion of income it requires, and the capa…

  • Canadian-American Reciprocity

    Open AccessLawrence H Officer, Lawrence B SmithARTICLEThe Journal of Economic History1970

    In his comment “Canadian-American Reciprocity,” R. E. Ankli raises a number of conceptual, methodological, statistical, and interpretive issues about our article, “The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty of 1855 to 1866.” Although some points are well raised, the majority appear to stem from a misunderstanding of our work. Nevertheless, it should be stated at the outset that despite his criticisms, Ankli does not quarrel with our conclusions tha…

  • A Sectoral Econometric Study of the Postwar Residential Housing Market

    Lawrence B SmithARTICLEJournal of Political Economy1970References: 2

  • A Model of the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Markets

    Lawrence B SmithARTICLEJournal of Political Economy1969Cited by: 9References: 4

  • The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty of 1855 to 1866

    Open AccessLawrence H Officer, Lawrence B SmithARTICLEThe Journal of Economic History1968Cited by: 3References: 3

    The Reciprocity Treaty between the British North American Provinces (Canada) and the United States was ratified in February 1855 and terminated in March 1866. It provided for free trade in all natural products, free access for United States fisheries to the Atlantic coastal waters of British North America, and access to the St. Lawrence River for American vessels under the same tolls as native vessels