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The Rent-Price Ratio for the Aggregate Stock of Owner-Occupied Housing

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  • Morris A. Davis

    (federal reserve board)

  • Andreas Lehnert

    (federal reserve board)

  • Robert F. Martin

    (federal reserve board)

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We construct a time series of the rent-price ratio for the owner- occupied stock of housing, starting in 1960:1, by merging micro data from the last five Decennial Censuses of Housing with price indexes for house prices and rents.

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  • Morris A. Davis & Andreas Lehnert & Robert F. Martin, 2005. "The Rent-Price Ratio for the Aggregate Stock of Owner-Occupied Housing," Urban/Regional 0509019, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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