We analyze by far the most extensive data base yet employed in estimating capitalizationquot; of below-market interest rates into asset prices: nearly 300,000 sales of owner-occupied homes inquot; Sweden from 1981 to 1993 with 40,000 including government subsidized interest rates. Ourquot;...

We analyze by far the most extensive data base yet employed in estimating capitalization" of below-market interest rates into asset prices: nearly 300,000 sales of owner-occupied homes in" Sweden from 1981 to 1993 with 40,000 including government subsidized interest rates. Our" estimates...

Markets for property space adjust only gradually because tenants are constrained by long-term leases and landlords and tenants face transactions and information costs. Not only do rents adjust slowly, but space occupancy may differ from demand at current rent, giving rise to "hidden vacancies"....