Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: van Dijk, A.
Author-Name-Last: van Dijk
Author-Name-First: Bram
Author-Name: Franses, Ph.H.B.F.
Author-Name-Last: Franses
Author-Name-First: Philip Hans
Author-Person: pfr226
Author-Name: Paap, R.
Author-Name-Last: Paap
Author-Name-First: Richard
Author-Person: ppa494
Author-Name: van Dijk, D.J.C.
Author-Name-Last: van Dijk
Author-Name-First: Dick
Author-Person: pva27
Title: Modeling regional house prices
Abstract: We develop a parsimonious panel model for quarterly regional house prices, for which both the cross-section and the time series dimension is large. The model allows for stochastic trends, cointegration, cross-equation correlations and, most importantly, latent-class clustering of regions. Class membership is fully data-driven and based on (i) average growth rates of house prices, (ii) the propagation of shocks to house prices across regions, also known as the ripple effect, and (iii) the relationship of house prices with economic growth and other variables. Applying the model to quarterly data for the Netherlands, we find convincing evidence for the existence of two distinct clusters of regions, with pronounced differences in house price dynamics.
Creation-Date: 2007-12-01
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/11723/ei2007-55.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureir
Number: EI 2007-55
Classification-JEL: C21, C23, C53
Keywords: cointegration, cross-section dependence, ripple effect
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:11723