This paper employs panel data on 413 counties and cities over 2004-2009 to investigate the local supply of new single-family housing in Germany. Construction activity in local housing markets (measured by new housing permits related to the local housing stock) is modeled as a function of local...

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...

"We investigate the determinants of housing satisfaction in twelve EU countries. To do so, we use panel data covering the period 1994-2001, which allows us to control for individual heterogeneity. We carry out separate estimates on the determinants of housing satisfaction for homeowners and for...