Path Dependence and Neighborhood Effects:Using Spatial Analysis to Assess the Legacy of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation

• In Event: Local Politics of Inequality

Brief Overview

Using spatial and geographic weighted regressions, as well as geographic RDD, I show that HOLC mortgage rating designations are associated with present neighborhood demographics, income levels, education levels, and voter turnout.

Author

• Jennifer Elaine Cryer, Stanford University