Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets
Sergio Rebelo (),
Martin Eichenbaum and
Craig Burnside
No 114, 2012 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics
Abstract:
Some booms in housing prices are followed by busts. Others are not. In either case it is difficult to find observable fundamentals that are correlated with price movements. We develop a model consistent with these observations. Agents have heterogeneous expectations about long-run fundamentals but change their views because of "social dynamics." Agents meet randomly. Those with tighter priors are more likely to convert others to their beliefs. The model generates a "fad": the fraction of the population with a particular view rises and then falls. Depending on which agent is correct about fundamentals, these fads generate boom-busts or protracted booms.
Date: 2012
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