Kohl, Sebastian - In: Socio-economic review 19 (2021) 2, pp. 413-440
This article argues that the explosion of mortgage finance has not led to a proportional expansion of housing supply … across 17 countries in a historical perspective (1913–2016). Based on a collection of housing construction data, it shows … that the co-cyclical behavior of construction, prices and mortgage credit has been followed by a decoupling of house …