Document Type
Journal Article
Department/Unit
Department of Economics
Title
Housing market dynamics in a small open economy: Do external and news shocks matter?
Language
English
Abstract
We study the sources of fluctuations in the housing market of a small open economy. We use an estimated dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model and data from seven small open economies to assess the quantitative effects of both contemporaneous and news shocks to domestic and external fundamentals on housing market dynamics. External shocks and news shocks have significant effects. Cyclical fluctuations in housing prices and housing investment are mainly driven by contemporaneous shocks related to foreign housing preferences and terms of trade, and by news shocks related to domestic consumption-goods technology, housing preferences and terms of trade. The spillover effects of external shocks on housing prices are notably larger than those of domestic shocks.
Keywords
E32, E44, External shocks, F41, Housing investment, Housing market dynamics, Housing price, News shocks, R31, Small open economy
Publication Date
1-5-2016
Source Publication Title
Journal of International Money and Finance
Volume
63
Start Page
64
End Page
88
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer Reviewed
1
DOI
10.1016/j.jimonfin.2016.01.005
Link to Publisher's Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2016.01.005
ISSN (print)
02615606
ISSN (electronic)
18730639
APA Citation
Ng, E., & Feng, N. (2016). Housing market dynamics in a small open economy: Do external and news shocks matter?. Journal of International Money and Finance, 63, 64-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2016.01.005