Ed Glaeser has done a lot of work looking at the costs of the "right to build". His research is worth looking at, but this 2007 Virginia Postrel article which r

Ed Glaeser has done a lot of work looking at the costs of the "right to build". His research is worth looking at, but this 2007 Virginia Postrel article which relies on his data contains a good explanation of how these costs can vary between cities. http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/a-tale-of-two-town-houses/306334/ http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/a-tale-of-...