OECD Economics Department Working Papers
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- ISSN: 18151973 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151973
A Bird's Eye View of OECD Housing Markets
Housing markets have played a prominent role in macroeconomic developments over recent years.
For a great part of the 2000s, buoyant housing markets have contributed to sustained economic activity in
most OECD countries. But many markets overheated and the collapse of the US subprime mortgage
market has been at the epicentre of a deep financial and economic crisis. Against this background, this
paper: i) documents housing market developments in 18 OECD countries since the 1970s, putting recent
evolutions into historical perspective; ii) examines the drivers of supply and demand for housing; iii)
investigates the interactions between housing markets and the wider economy; iv) assesses the
responsibilities of housing taxation, monetary policy and financial supervision and regulation in fuelling or
amplifying housing booms; v) explores the link between global imbalances and housing booms.
Keywords: taxation, housing market, house prices, global imbalances, mortgage markets, wealth, financial regulation, saving, monetary policy
JEL:
G21: Financial Economics / Financial Institutions and Services / Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages;
R31: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location / Housing Supply and Markets;
F34: International Economics / International Finance / International Lending and Debt Problems;
R21: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Household Analysis / Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand;
H24: Public Economics / Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue / Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies;
E21: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy / Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth;
F32: International Economics / International Finance / Current Account Adjustment; Short-Term Capital Movements;
E52: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit / Monetary Policy;
G18: Financial Economics / General Financial Markets / General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation
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