This paper utilizes a very simple model to study the timing and determinants of speculationagainst a fixed exchange rate regime when investors are heterogeneous because of locationaldifferences. Location matters because resident players may incur smaller costs when takinga short-position, are...

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...