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The housing price boom of the late ’90s: did inflation targeting matter?

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Frappa, S.
Mésonnier, J-S.

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The recent boom in housing markets of most developed economies has spurred criticism that inflation targeting central banks may have neglected the build-up of financial imbalances. This paper provides a formal empirical test of such claims, using a standard program evaluation methodology to correct for a possible bias due to self-selection into inflation targeting. We consider 17 industrial economies over 1980-2006, among which nine countries have targeted inflation a some dates. We find robust evidence of a significant positive effect of inflation targeting on real housing price growth and on the housing price to rent ratio.

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Paper provided by Banque de France in its series Documents de Travail with number 255.

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Length: 39 pages
Date of creation: 2009
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Handle: RePEc:bfr:banfra:255

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Keywords: Inflation targeting; Housing prices; Treatment effect; OECD countries.;

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E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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