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Housing Market Convergence: Evidence from Germany
This paper analyses the convergence pattern of German housing prices and rents, employing a new dataset covering the country’s administrative districts. In addition to conventional tests for ?-convergence and ?-convergence, we apply Phillips and Sul’s (2007) approach to allow for the various heterog...
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| Published in: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 44-2022) |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | PDF Full Text |
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| Summary: | This paper analyses the convergence pattern of German housing prices and rents, employing a new dataset covering the country’s administrative districts. In addition to conventional tests for ?-convergence and ?-convergence, we apply Phillips and Sul’s (2007) approach to allow for the various heterogeneity and transitional dynamics across districts. Our results reveal no evidence of convergence across Germany or within states; instead, we discover widespread evidence of divergence and inter-state convergence, as well as support for the existence of convergence clubs. At the federal level, we identify club numbers ranging from 11 (for existing flat prices) to five (for new flat rents). At the state level, the estimated number of clubs is generally lower, ranging from zero to six. |
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| Physical Description: | 18 Pages |
| ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
| DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0751 |