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A Quantitative Evaluation of the Housing Provident Fund Program in China
Zhou, Xiaoqing - 2020
The Housing Provident Fund (HPF) is the largest public housing program in China. It was created in 1999 to enhance homeownership. This program involves a mandatory saving scheme based on labor income. Past deposits are refunded when the worker purchases a house or retires. Moreover, the program...
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A quantitative evaluation of the Housing Provident Fund Program in China
Zhou, Xiaoqing - 2020
The Housing Provident Fund (HPF) is the largest public housing program in China. It was created in 1999 to enhance homeownership. This program involves a mandatory saving scheme based on labor income. Past deposits are refunded when the worker purchases a house or retires. Moreover, the program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230536
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First Time Underwater: The Impact of the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012
credit, at a cost to the government of $16.2 billion. This delayed the deflation of the bubble, but did not stop it. By the … to sell their homes at prices that were still partially inflated by the bubble. This was good for these homeowners, as … influenced by the credit – experienced losses as a result of buying homes at bubble-inflated prices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541807
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John Maynard Keynes: Is That you Knocking on the Door?
Kowalski, Tadeusz; Shachmurove, Yochanan - Zakład Ekonometrii Stosowanej, Szkoła Główna … - 2011
This paper provides an overview of the evolution of macroeconomic thought from 1936, the year John Maynard Keynes published his general theory of employment, interest and money to the year 2010. It explores the reasons for the extension of the business cycle during the postwar period. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293018
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The housing market in the Netherlands
Vandevyvere, Windy; Zenthöfer, Andreas - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2012
The Dutch housing market has been shaped by highly interventionist public policies spanning over several decades. Direct and indirect government intervention in the housing market through spatial planning and land policy, regulation and supervision of housing associations, rent policy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010558441
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An Historical Walk Through Recent Financial Crises
Kowalski, Tad; Shachmurove, Yochanan - 2011
This paper analyzes the causes and implications of recent financial crises. Financial crises in general lead to changes in both theory and practice of economics. The paper takes an historical overview. The global consensus of economic theory during the 20th century is discussed. The paper...
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Housing, Finance and the Macroeconomy
Davis, Morris; Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In this chapter, we review and discuss the large body of research that has developed over the past 10-plus years that explores the interconnection of macroeconomics, finance, and housing. We focus on three major topics -- housing and the business cycle, housing and portfolio choice, and housing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796723
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An Historical Walk Through Recent Financial Crises
Kowalski, Tadeusz; Shachmurove, Yochanan - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2011
This paper analyzes the causes and implications of recent financial crises. Financial crises in general lead to changes in both theory and practice of economics. The paper takes an historical overview. The global consensus of economic theory during the 20th century is discussed. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145755
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La vivienda como un instrumento de política macroeconómica
Lauchlin, Currie - In: REVISTA DESARROLLO Y SOCIEDAD (1983)
Trata de cerrar la brecha aparente entre la estrategia del sector líder en el manejo de la demanda y la estrategia expuesta por Keynes en su "Teoría General". Las variables que tienen impacto sobre la demanda y el ingreso monetario, en el tratamiento de Keynes, son todas variables sujetas en...
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Mortgage lending and financial stability in Asia
Morgan, Peter J.; Zhang, Yan - 2015
might result from easier lending standards or overly rapid increases in mortgage lending that could trigger a bubble in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526665