# Removal of rent control and impact on search and mismatching costs: evidence from Oslo (July 2017) * **The removal of rent control and its impact on search and mismatching costs: evidence from Oslo** * By Are Oust. Published online on the International Journal of Housing Policy on 20 July 2017 * * **Abstract**: * The removal of the Norwegian rent control in 1982 created a natural experiment that enabled us to investigate whether rent control affected the search and matching process in the private residential rental market in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. * We collected and analysed data on ‘housing for rent’, ‘housing wanted’ and ‘housing exchange-wanted’ advertisements in Oslo covering a period from 1970 to 2008. * We concluded that the use of newspaper listing services by potential tenants and landlords changed after the rent control removal. * **Our results indicate that it is more costly, in time and money, for a potential tenant to search for and to find a home under rent control**. * Moreover, **our results indicate that rent control increases the probability of and the distance from the ideal dwelling, in size, standard and location**, a potential tenant have to settle for. * **Keywords**: rent control, tenants, Oslo, Norway --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/removal-of-rent-control-and-impact-on-search-and-mismatching-costs-evidence-from-oslo-july-2017.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.