Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90735 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 04/2013
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the recent boom-bust cycle in the US housing market from a regional perspective. Particular attention is paid to supply side restrictions and financial accelerator effects related to subprime lending. Considering 248 Metropolitan Statistical Areas across the entire US, we estimate a simultaneous boom-bust system for housing prices and supply. The model includes non-linear regional specific supply elasticities, determined by geographical and regulatory supply restrictions. In contrast to the predictions of a supply-demand framework, our results suggest that tighter supply restrictions lead to both a larger housing price boom and bust following a temporary increase in subprime lending. Extending the model to include a financial accelerator, our results indicate that supply restricted areas are significantly more exposed to this mechanism, which explains the greater housing price volatility in these areas over the course of a boom-bust cycle.
Subjects: 
regional boom-bust cycles
housing supply restrictions
subprime lending
financial accelerator
JEL: 
E44
E32
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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