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Homeownership: Low household mobility, volatile housing prices, high income dispersion

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We develop a dynamic stochastic equilibrium model of two locations within a city where heterogeneous households make joint location and tenure mode decisions. To investigate the effect of homeownership on equilibrium prices and allocations, we compare the response of this model economy to a labor shock with that of a rental-only version. This comparison yields three results. First, homeownership enables more households to remain in the more desirable location at the expense of newcomers. Second, homeownership adds to the volatility of the housing market. Third, homeownership may amplify the dispersion of household income within a location. Homeownership raises distributional issues. The households who consume the most housing gain the most from the ability to own their home. Newcomers to the city are the main losers.

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  • Sven Rady, 2002. "Homeownership: Low household mobility, volatile housing prices, high income dispersion," FMG Discussion Papers dp432, Financial Markets Group.
    • Handle: RePEc:fmg:fmgdps:dp432
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    1. Thomas Grandner & Dieter Gstach, 2006. "Joint Adjustment of House Prices, Stock Prices and Output Towards Short‐run Equilibrium," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(1), pages 1-17, January.
    2. Saku Aura & Thomas Davidoff, 2005. "Optimal Commodity Taxation When Land and Structures Must Be Taxed at the Same Rate," Working Papers 0505, Department of Economics, University of Missouri.
    3. Hanno Lustig & Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, 2006. "Can Housing Collateral Explain Long-Run Swings in Asset Returns?," NBER Working Papers 12766, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    5. Josep Raya & Jaume Garcia, 2012. "Which Are the Real Determinants of Tenure? A Comparative Analysis of Different Models of the Tenure Choice of a House," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 49(16), pages 3645-3662, December.
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    7. Qing Gao & Tianxiao Zhao, 2018. "The Influence of Home Buyer Sentiment on Chinese Housing Prices¡ª¡ª Based on Media Text Mining," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(9), pages 145-145, September.
    8. Leung, Charles, 2004. "Macroeconomics and housing: a review of the literature," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 249-267, December.
    9. Sven Rady & Volker Rußig, 2004. "Fluctuations of the Real Estate Market: Microeconomic foundations and macroeconomic consequences," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 23.
    10. Harald Uhlig & Stefan Ried, 2009. "The Macroeconomics of Real Estate," 2009 Meeting Papers 429, Society for Economic Dynamics.

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