The urban and the rural are increasingly interconnected. Rural areas have become places of consumption, as leisure and recreation have become important functions of rural areas. There are also indications that increased urbanisation even leads to a stronger appreciation of green areas situated...

In this paper we propose an equilibrium model for the housing market which provides an explanation for observed housing consumption of households over their lifetimes. The moving behavior of households is described as a stochastic dynamic process in which households' moving decisions depend on...

This paper extends previous literature on variations in mobility rates across local housing markets by examining the linkage of mobility rates at the household level to the structure of local housing markets. The results indicate that residential mobility rates differ widely across local housing...

The paper examines the impact of contextual factors on young households residential moves. By dealing with young households moves over a limited period of time enables us to show how differences in contextual factors determine differences in young households residential mobility rates. A housing...

This paper analyses the effect of uncertainty on investment spending. We analyse two types of investment, i.e. aggregate investment and investment in energy saving technologies, using subjective evaluations of expectations and uncertainty of Dutch firms in 1997. We estimate several models...

The paper examines the impact of contextual factors on young households residential moves. By dealing with young households moves over a limited period of time enables us to show how differences in contextual factors determine differences in young households residential mobility rates. A housing...

The interplay between information and communication technology (ICT) and the competitiveness of construction firms is considered. More specifically, the question is whether firms that invest in information and communication technology have a production cost advantage. The economics literature...