Municipal governments in China established direct control of the supply of urban land in August 2004. This paper examines whether this government action mitigates the efficiency of the residential land market. Using a unique data set of detailed land and residential community transactions with...

This paper empirically examines the segmentation of house price risk across 99 zip-code delineated neighborhoods in metropolitan Denver. The house price risk in each neighborhood is measured with the temporal variation of quarterly appreciation rates of the neighborhood house price index over...

Municipal governments in China established direct control of the supply of urban land in August 2004. This paper examines whether this government action mitigates the efficiency of the residential land market. Using a unique data set of detailed land and residential community transactions with...

If realized house prices have the wealth effect and the collateral effect on the economy, anticipated house price changes should have similar economic effects. This paper empirically analyzes the effects of single family home sales, which are shown to be able to predict house prices in the...