Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185963 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Citation: 
[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 146 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2010 [Pages:] 601-627
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the development of housing market imbalances, housing prices and residential investment in Switzerland within a stock-flow framework. In the long run, the desired level of residential capital stock and the existing residential capital stock revert. Empirical results indicate, however, that housing demand can diverge from the existing supply for several years due to the slow adjustment of the residential capital stock to shocks. In the short run, the market therefore has to be cleared by price adjustments. And indeed, it can be shown empirically that changes in prices are significantly and strongly dependent on the level of stock imbalances. Furthermore, housing prices prove to be an important determinant of residential investment, which in turn drives the adjustment process of the residential capital stock towards its desired level.
Subjects: 
housing demand
housing supply
residential investment
market disequilibrium
housing prices
JEL: 
C32
E22
E32
R21
R31
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Document Type: 
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