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Efficiency and the Bear : Short Sales and Markets around the World

Goetzmann, William N. - 2003

We analyze cross-sectional and time series information from forty-seven equity markets around the world, to consider whether short-sales restrictions affect the efficiency of the market, and the distributional characteristics of returns to individual stocks and market indices. Using the approach...

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A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics

Glaeser, Edward - 2016

is far from certain. The demand for real estate in China is so strong that current prices might be sustainable …

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The Return to Capital in China

Bai, Chong-En - 2006

China's investment rate is one of the highest in the world, which naturally leads one to suspect that the return to … capital in China must be quite low. Using the data from China's national accounts, we estimate the rate of return to capital … in China. We find that the aggregate rate of return to capital averaged 25% during 1978-1993, fell during 1993-1998, and …

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The External Impact of China's Exchange Rate Policy : Evidence from Firm Level Data

Eichengreen, Barry - 2011

China's exchange rate policy in 2005 and 2010 and data on 6,050 firms in 44 countries. Renminbi appreciation has a positive … effect on firms exporting to China but little positive or even a negative impact on those providing inputs for China …'s processing exports. Stock prices rise for firms competing with China in their home market while falling for firms importing …

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Daily Momentum and New Investors in an Emerging Stock Market

Gao, Zhenyu; Jiang, Wenxi; Xiong, Wei A.; Xiong, Wei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Despite the dominance of retail investors in the Chinese stock market, there's a conspicuous absence of price momentum in weekly and monthly returns. This study uncovers the presence of price momentum in daily returns and, through a systematic analysis of trading heterogeneity among investors,...

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Inflation, the Stock Market, and Owner-Occupied Housing

Summers, Lawrence H. - 1980

This paper suggests that to a large extent. the increases in the value of housing and decreases in the value of corporate capital may have a common explanation, the inter- action of inflation and a nonindexed tax system. The acceleration of inflation has sharply increased the effective rate of...

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The Market Crash and Mass Layoffs : How the Current Economic Crisis May Affect Retirement

Coile, Courtney - 2009

Recent dramatic declines in U.S. stock and housing markets have led to widespread speculation that shrinking retirement accounts and falling home equity will lead workers to delay retirement. Yet the weakness in the labor market and its impact on retirement is often overlooked. If older job...

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Leveraged Bubbles

Jordà, Òscar - 2015

What risks do asset price bubbles pose for the economy? This paper studies bubbles in housing and equity markets in 17 countries over the past 140 years. History shows that not all bubbles are alike. Some have enormous costs for the economy, while others blow over. We demonstrate that what makes...

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The Stock Market Crash of 2008 Caused the Great Recession : Theory and Evidence

Farmer, Roger E.A. - 2011

This paper argues that the stock market crash of 2008, triggered by a collapse in house prices, caused the Great Recession. The paper has three parts. First, it provides evidence of a high correlation between the value of the stock market and the unemployment rate in U.S. data since 1929....

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The Local Residential Land Use Regulatory Environment Across U.S. Housing Markets : Evidence from a New Wharton Index

Gyourko, Joseph - 2019

We report results from a new survey of local residential land use regulatory regimes for over 2,450 primarily suburban communities across the U.S. The most highly regulated markets are on the two coasts, with the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan areas being the most highly regulated...

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