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Trading Frictions and House Price Dynamics
Author(s) -
CAPLIN ANDREW,
LEAHY JOHN
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of money, credit and banking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.763
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1538-4616
pISSN - 0022-2879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2011.00436.x
Subject(s) - autocorrelation , market liquidity , economics , house price , econometrics , simple (philosophy) , financial economics , microeconomics , monetary economics , statistics , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology
We model liquidity in housing markets. The model provides a simple characterization for the joint process of prices, sales, and inventory. We compare the implications of the model to certain properties of housing markets. The model can generate the large price changes and the positive correlation between prices and sales that we see in the data. Unlike the data, prices are negatively autocorrelated and high inventory predicts price appreciation. We investigate several amendments to the model. Informational frictions show promise.