Effects of house-sale restrictions in China: a difference-in-difference approach

Yan Yan and Ouyang Hongbing

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 15, 1051-1057

Abstract: Chinese housing prices have increased rapidly in recent years. Concerned about the potential for a burst bubble, the Chinese government has been intervening in the market to rein in the rising price trend since 2010. In March 2017, a new housing policy, called house-sale restriction, was developed to curtail speculation in the Chinese housing market. This study uses a difference-in-difference model to examine the policy effect of this new restriction. By using house-sale and price data of 43 cities across 30 provinces in China, we find that house-sale restrictions could effectively reduce speculation in the market as well as decrease housing prices in the short term. This study analyses only the short-term effect of this new housing policy; the long-term effect requires further examination.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1394968

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