This paper conducts tests of the random walk hypothesis and market efficiency for 14 national public real estate markets. Random walk properties of equity prices influence the return dynamics and determine the trading strategies of investors. To examine the stochastic properties of local real...

We test the effects of uncertainty on market liquidity using Hurricane Sandy as a natural experiment. Given the unprecedented strength, scale and nature of the storm, the potential damages of a landfall near the Greater New York area were unpredictable and therefore uncertain. Using a...

Die schnellen und kräftigen Mietpreissteigerungen in den deutschen Großstädten sind die Folge eines zu knappen Wohnungsangebots, was wiederum auf stark steigende Baukosten zurückgeführt werden kann. Diese kann die Politik beeinflussen und damit den Wohnungsbau stimulieren. Die folgende...

In the present paper the effects of different pay-as-you-go pension systems on fertility decisions of a representative household are examined. Thereby, the analysis focuses especially on the interplay of parental quantity and quality decisions, introduced by Becker (1960). As it will be shown, a...

On efficiency grounds, a social contract can be justified if not only pension payments but also the funding of education is taken into account. By introducing a pay-as-you system, which is a type of implicit social contract, each young generation can overcome its liquidity problems with regards...

Der deutsche Wohnungsmarkt hat in den 2010er Jahren einen langen und starken Boom erlebt, doch mit den veränderten makroökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen im Zuge der Pandemie und des Kriegs gegen die Ukraine, insbesondere den steigenden Zinsen und der großen Unsicherheit, dürfte die Zeit...