Blar i Discussion Papers på emneord "House prices"
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Counterintuitive response to tax incentives? Mortgage interest deductions and the demand for debt
(Discussion Papers;No. 492, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: A number of European countries changed their tax system in the early 1990s along the lines of the US tax reform act of 1986. After the reforms marginal tax rates were generally lower, and mortgage interest ... -
Does the CPI mirror costs-of-living? Engel's law suggests not in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 368, Working paper, 2004)There is considerable interest in identifying the magnitude of the difference between increases in CPI and costs-of-living, and this article uses the technique proposed by Hamilton (2001) to measure this discrepancy for ... -
Does the housing market react to new information on school quality?
(Discussion Papers;No. 541, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes ... -
The empirical modelling of house prices and debt revisited: A policy-oriented perspective
(Discussion Paper;No. 967, Working paper, 2021-11)The recent boom in house prices in many countries during the Covid-19 pandemic and the possibility of household financial distress are of concern among some central banks. We revisit the empirical modelling of house prices ... -
Financial deregulation and household saving : the Norwegian experience revisited
(Discussion Papers;No. 361, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: I use new micro data to study the effects of credit deregulation on the Norwegian household savings decline in the mid-1980s. This paper has three main findings. First, the decline in saving started in 1983, ... -
Home, sweet home or is it -always? Testing the efficiency of the Norwegian housing market
(Discussion Papers;No. 506, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: The question of whether the housing market is efficient or not is posed by an increasing number of economists, policymakers, current homeowners and prospective homebuyers. This article tests the efficiency ... -
Markets where buyers also are sellers : how realized home equity may work as an accelerator of house prices
(Discussion Papers;No. 618, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: The house price level is a function of buyers’ realized home equity, and buyers’ realized home equity is a function of the house price level. This interdependence follows from the fact that buyers are sellers ...