The socioeconomic importance of housing and its medium- and long-term investment returns requires a significant effort to predict future dynamics to ensure that the different real estate market agents make the best decisions. Furthermore, the territory structure and the lack of information and...

Rent-seeking is defined as exercising privileges or expending resources in order to obtain uncompensated gain by redistributing the wealth of others without reciprocating any benefits back to society through wealth creation. This paper pioneers in analyzing the agglomeration of rent-seeking...

In einem zweijährigen Projekt wurden Indikatoren für die Wohnungs- und Grundstücksmarktentwicklung im Zusammenhang mit dem Strukturwandel in altindustrialisierten Räumen entwickelt. Das Projekt zielte darauf ab, die komplexen Abhängigkeiten und Ursachen aufzudecken und diese für die...

Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is predominantly determined by regional housing supply and...