This study identifies empirically the impact of various macroeconomic factors on the default risk premium. Using monthly data for the period 1970-2010 for the U.S., our estimations indicate that the monetary policy aggregates, risk-free interest rate, term structure of interest rates, inflation,...

The whole financial sector has been under a remarkable structural change, and one of the major contributing forces has been the rapid advance in information processing based on digital technology. The purpose of this paper is to model the influence of advancing information and transaction...

According to the contemporary banking theory, it is conceivable that the rapid advance of information technology has shifted the relative competitive status between the market- based and conventional intermediated finance. When trying to enter into the markets traditionally dominated by...

Housing prices and household borrowing are expected to be tightly connected to each other. Better availability of credit eases liquidity constraints of households, which is likely to lead to higher demand for housing. On the other hand, housing prices may significantly influence household...

The long-term price elasticity of supply of housing is a key factor determining the growth rates of housing prices and housing supply as the city grows. Therefore, the housing supply elasticity has considerable influence on the competitiveness of the region and on the growth potentials of the...

This paper studies the housing price dynamics in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) using quarterly data from 1975Q1 to 2005Q2. First, the long-run relationship between housing prices and a number of fundamental variables likely to affect the level of housing prices is examined. Several...

There are a number of reasons to assume that significant interdependences exist between the financial asset markets and the housing market. Identifying the linkages between stock, bond and housing markets may improve return forecasts in different asset markets. Interdependence and predictability...

Previous empirical research shows that there are strong interrelationships between regional housing markets in Finland. There are many reasons why housing price changes in central areas may lead housing price changes in the surrounding areas. These reasons include structural differences and...

Housing prices and household borrowing are expected to be tightly connected to each other. Better availability of credit eases liquidity constraints of households, which is likely to lead to higher demand for housing. On the other hand, housing prices may significantly influence household...

The often used housing price-to-income and housing price-to-rent ratios are problematic in housing market analysis and may result in misleading conclusions. Instead, the no-arbitrage condition of housing market is a theoretically sound basis to evaluate if housing prices are misaligned....