Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/28351 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1524
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This analysis provides evidence for the costs housing crises induce in terms of GDP growth and under what circumstances these crises are particularly costly. Housing crises are often followed by recessions that are longer and deeper than other recessions. According to empirical estimates, a housing crisis reduces the GDP growth rate in the following year on average by 2.5 percentage points and has a further negative impact in the second year. One important channel transmitting the additional effect of housing crises works through the depression of the construction sector, while wealth effects play a minor role.
Subjects: 
Housing crisis
Panel Data
JEL: 
E21
E32
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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