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recent advances in panel econometrics that allow for spatial heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence, and non …
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to an apartment purchase. State-of-the art panel data stationarity and Granger causality techniques are employed to test …
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We employ recently developed cross-sectionally robust panel data tests for unit roots and cointegration to find whether … ten-year periods, price-rent ratios, and the panel data tests to construct a bubble indicator. The indicator is high for … the late 1980s, early 1990s and since the late 1990s for both panels. Finally, evidence based on panel data Granger …
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Numerous papers have tried to understand housing’s role in the economy and have not reached an agreement. In this paper we turn to the asymmetric relationship between housing and the overall economic activity. We find that the relation between building permits and GDP is regime-dependent....
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typically not stable even over the long run. In contrast, panel regression models that relate house prices to aggregate personal … house prices and income varies significantly across locations, underscoring the importance of using estimation techniques …
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This paper provides estimates of the net depreciation rate for rental housing using a unique confidential data set from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that covers over 30,000 rental units from 1998 to 2009. Our data and econometric approach allow us to add to the literature in three main ways....
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We investigate the implications of global oil prices on local housing markets in Canada and the United States. Our results show that oil prices have a stable, positive and persistent impact on the housing market, although this positive impact is larger in smaller cities. The United States has a...
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This paper applies a time-varying parameter vector autoregressive approach to estimate the relative effects of housing and stock returns on the growth rate of US consumption over time. We use annual data from 1890 to 2012 and find that at the one- and two-year horizons and over time, generally...
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We study the severity of liquidity constraints in the U.S. housing market using a life-cycle model with uninsurable idiosyncratic risks in which houses are illiquid, but agents have the option to extract home equity by refinancing their long-term mortgages. The model implies that three quarters...
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Analyzing city-level retail price data for a variety of consumer products, we find that house price changes lead local consumer price changes, but not vice versa. The transmission of the house price changes differs substantially across locations and products. It also hinges on the nature of...
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