In den Koalitionsverhandlungen wurde ein Paket für bezahlbares Bauen und Wohnen vereinbart. Das Paket enthält unter anderem eine Mietpreisbremse, deren Wirkung die Autoren insbesondere auf längere Sicht kritisch sehen. Sie fürchten, dass dadurch weniger Wohnungen angeboten werden und ein...

In den Koalitionsverhandlungen wurde ein Paket für bezahlbares Bauen und Wohnen vereinbart. Das Paket enthält unter anderem eine Mietpreisbremse, deren Wirkung die Autoren insbesondere auf längere Sicht kritisch sehen. Sie fürchten, dass dadurch weniger Wohnungen angeboten werden und ein...

The massive increase of real estate prices in some regions of Germany is a direct consequence of the ongoing financial and debt crisis. Low interest rates and high inflation expectations increase the demand for real estate. In addition to a potential price bubble risk, social problems arouse...

The massive increase of real estate prices in some regions of Germany is a direct consequence of the ongoing financial and debt crisis. Low interest rates and high inflation expectations increase the demand for real estate. In addition to a potential price bubble risk, social problems arouse...

A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of 96 German planning regions. The analysis accounts for potential endogeneity of prices and affordability as well as for spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition...

A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of 96 German planning regions. The analysis accounts for potential endogeneity of prices and affordability as well as for spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition...

Individual sales prices and local vacancy rates in the housing market pose a natural analogy to the wage curve, a popular concept in labor economics that describes how individual wages decrease with higher local unemployment. While housing search and matching models and housing externalities...