New evidence of the effect of transaction costs on residential mobility

Michiel Van Leuvensteijn and J. van Ommeren

No 18, CPB Discussion Paper from CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Abstract: Transaction costs have attracted considerable attention in the theoretical literature on residential mobility. In many European countries, these costs mainly consist of ad-valorem transaction costs. Transaction costs have attracted considerable attention in the theoretical literature on residential mobility. In many European countries, these costs mainly consist of ad-valorem transaction costs. In the current paper, we demonstrate empirically for the Netherlands that the transaction costs have a strong negative effect on the owners' probability of moving. Under a range of different specifications, it appears that a one percent-point increase in the value of transaction costs - as a percentage of the value of the residence - decreases ownership to ownership residential mobility rates by eight percent. Our estimates are consistent with the observation that in the Netherlands ad-valorem transaction costs mainly consist of buyer transaction costs.

JEL-codes: C41 D19 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06
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