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Housing Markets in Uruguay: Determinants of Housing Demand and Its Interaction with Public Policies
Garabato, Natalia; Ramada, Magdalena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper analyzes the determinants of housing demand for Uruguay and the extent to which housing policies have an … impact on their target population. The paper first analyzes the determinants of housing demand, following an approach based … (or markets) to estimate a housing demand function. The determinants of formality and ownership choices were examined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944183
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Housing Attribute Preferences in a Northern Mexico Metropolitan Economy
Fierro, Karen; Fullerton, Thomas; Donjuan-Callejo, K. - In: Atlantic Economic Journal 37 (2009) 2, pp. 159-172
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016345
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Tunisia) is examined. The study evaluates Turkey and Mexico as middle-income comparator countries. Historical experience of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825998
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THE TRAGICOMEDY OF THE COMMONS: WHY COMMUNITIES RATIONALLY CHOOSE "INFFICIENT" ALLOCATIONS OS SHARED RESOURCES.
ROBERTS, R.D. - Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005646676
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The Housing Cycle in Emerging Middle Eastern Economies and its Macroeconomic Policy Implications
Beidas-Strom, Samya; Lian, Weicheng; Maseeh, Ashwaq - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper examines housing finance and housing price dynamics in selected emerging Middle Eastern economies over the past two decades. It finds that (i) mortgage markets have experienced rapid development, which has led to lower private per capita consumer spending volatility this decade; (ii) a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561070
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Spatial Variation in the Determinants of House Prices and Apartment Rents in China
Hanink, Dean; Cromley, Robert; Ebenstein, Avraham - In: The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 45 (2012) 2, pp. 347-363
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010867025
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Hedonic Price-Rent Ratios, User Cost, and Departures from Equilibrium in the Housing Market
Hill, Robert J.; Syed, Iqbal A. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Social- und … - 2012
Departures of the housing market from equilibrium can be detected by comparing the actual price-rent ratio with the user cost of owner occupying. Empirical implementation of this idea, however, is problematic for two reasons. First, the price-rent ratio needs to be quality adjusted. Second, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603697
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Hedonic Price-Rent Ratios, User Cost, and Departures from Equilibrium in the Housing Market.
Hill, Robert; Syed, Iqbal A. - School of Economics, UNSW Business School - 2012
Departures of the housing market from equilibrium can be detected by comparing the actual price-rent ratio with the user cost of owner occupying. Empirical implementation of this idea, however, is problematic for two reasons. First, the price-rent ratio needs to be quality adjusted. Second, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010663573
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Do Foreigners Pay Higher Rents for the Same Quality of Housing in Geneva and Zurich?
Baranzini, Andrea; Schaerer, Caroline; Ramirez, José V.; … - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 144 (2008) IV, pp. 703-730
The Geneva and Zurich housing markets are characterised by high proportions of foreigners and a large share of rental housing. This provides ideal conditions for testing whether foreigners pay more for the same quality of housing than Swiss households and whether flats in neighbourhoods with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005427558
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Specificity of Control: The Case of Mexico's Ejido Reform
Dower, Paul Castãneda; Pfutze, Tobias - Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New … - 2012
1992 Salinas land reforms in Mexico, which constitutionally changed individual control rights for all communal landholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862238