This study compares recent home price dynamics of two countries, Korea and the U.S., in terms of underlying determinants of price variations, over time and across locations, along with dynamic adjustment patterns of disequilibrating price shocks. In particular, 2-stage error correction models...

Economist has traditionally been skeptical about the potential effects of place-based policies. Some authors (see, e.g., Overman and Nathan, 2013, and Kline and Moretti, 2014) argued that place-based policies are an imperfect solution to deal with social problems, for many reasons. First,...