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Alternative Decision‐Making Models for Housing: The Question of Efficiency

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This paper examines the efficiency of housing resources allocation under alternative allocative mechanisms. The study focuses on three broadly defined decision‐making models: (1) the market model; (2) the central planning model; (3) the welfare state model. Particular attention is given the three fundamental components of economic organization; (1) the decision‐making structure; (2) the information structure; (3) the motivation structure. While this policy study makes use of the theory of market failure, the analysis departs from conventional practice by explicitly and consistently employing a comparative institution framework. That is, a theory of nonmarket failure is integrated into the analysis and policy prescriptions derived only after careful assessment of the imperfections of real world housing markets in comparison with the imperfections of real world nonmarket housing models. The essential conclusion drawn is that the domain of housing market failure is smaller than generally assumed and that the price mechanism is a vital component of a rationally functioning housing system. Diese Abhandlung untersucht, unter Verwendung von sich gegenseitig ausschliessenden Allokationsmechanismen, die Effizienz der Wohnmittelallokation. Die Untersuchung konzentriert sich auf drei weit definierte Entscheidungsmodelle. 1. Das Marktmodell, 2. das Zentralplanungsmodell und 3. das Wohlfahrtstaatsmodell. Besondere Beachtung wird den drei grundlegenden Komponenten der wirtschaftlichen Organisation geschenkt: 1. der Struktur der Entscheidfindung, 2. der Informationsstruktur und 3. der Motivationsstruktur. Obwohl diese Untersuchung die Theorie des Marktversagens anwendet, unterscheidet sie sich von konventionellen Verfahren durch die ausdrückliche und konsequente Anwendung eines Ansatzes des Institutionsvergleiches. Das heisst, eine Theorie des Versagens politischer Prozesse wird in die Analyse eingeschlossen und wirtschaftspolitische Vorschläge werden nur nach sorgfältiger Einschätzung der Unvollkommenheiten des bestehenden Wohnungsmarktes erteilt, welche mit den Unvollkommenheiten des bestehenden, politisch bestimmten Allokationssystems für Wohnungen verglichen werden. Die wichtigste Schlussfolgerung beinhaltet, dass der Bereich des Wohnungsmarktversagens geringer ist als allgemein angenommen wird, und dass der Preismechanismus ein wesentlicher Bestandteil eines rationell funktionierenden Wohnungssystems ist. Cet article examine l'efficacité de l'affectation des ressources en matière de logement dans des mécanismes d'affectation alternatifs. L'étude se concentre sur trois modèles de décision définis en termes larges: (1) le modèle du marché; (2) le modèle de planification centrale; (3) le modèle de l'Etat‐providence. Une attention particulière est consacrée aux trois composantes fondamentales de l'organisation économique; (1) la structure de décision; (2) la structure d'information; (3) la structure de motivation. Quoique cette étude de politiques se serve de la théorie de l'échec du marché, l'analyse s'éloigne de la pratique conventionnelle en employant explicitement et constamment un cadre comparatif des institutions. En d'autres termes, la théorie de l'imperfection de ce qui n'est pas le marché est intégrée dans l'analyse et les prescriptions de politique dérivées seulement après une évaluation soignée des imperfections des marchés du logement dans le monde réel en comparaison des imperfections des modèles de logement dans le secteur du processus politique du monde réel. La conclusion essentielle en est que le domaine de l'échec du marché du logement est plus petit que ce qui est admis généralement et que le mécanisme des prix est une composante vitale d'un système de logement fonctionnant rationalement.

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  • Thomas S. Nesslein, 1983. "Alternative Decision‐Making Models for Housing: The Question of Efficiency," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(4), pages 604-633, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:36:y:1983:i:4:p:604-633
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1983.tb00005.x
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    1. Lok Sang Ho, 1988. "Towards an Optimal Public Housing Policy," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 25(3), pages 204-211, June.
    2. António Duarte Santos & Hélio Castro, 2022. "Housing and Setting Constraints: The Portuguese Evidence," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Thomas S. Nesslein, 2003. "Markets versus Planning: An Assessment of the Swedish Housing Model in the Post-war Period," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 40(7), pages 1259-1282, June.
    4. Thomas S. Nesslein, 1988. "Housing : The Market Versus the Welfare State Model Revisited," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 25(2), pages 95-108, April.

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