Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39309 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2009,060
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk, Berlin
Abstract: 
In a world with complete markets and no transactions cost, the decision whether to rent or buy a home is separate from a household's professional income risk. If markets are incomplete and have frictions, however, profession- specific income risk, regional house price risk, and mobility needs will interact and should affect the tenure mode choice. Using panel data from West Germany, we establish homogeneous profession groups and estimate their regional net income risk and regional mobility. We then examine the impact of the risk and mobility variables on the tenure mode decision at the aggregate and the individual household level. We find that the diversification potential of renting affects the tenure mode choice as do mobility needs.
Subjects: 
Tenure mode choice
background risk
household mobility
JEL: 
R21
G11
J24
C25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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