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Pascal Towbin https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Contents

  • I Introduction

  • II Empirical Framework

    • A Model and Data

    • B Identification

    • C Computational Implementation

  • III Results

    • A Impulse Response Functions

    • B Contribution of Price Expectation Shocks to the Housing Boom And Bust

    • C Forecast Error Variance Decomposition

    • D Comparison of Price Expectation Shocks with Surveys about Price Expectations

    • E Realistic versus Unrealistic Price Expectation Shocks

  • IV Robustness

    • A Alternative Summary Measures of the Set of Accepted Impulse Responses

    • B Different Sample Length, Lag Length, and Trends

    • C Accounting for Shocks to LTV Standards

    • D Alternative Price Measures

  • V Conclusion

  • References

  • Annexes

  • Figures

  • 1 Evolution of Variables over Time

  • 2 Baseline Model: Impulse Response Functions

  • 3 Historical Decomposition of Real House Price Developments

  • 4 Survey-based Expectations versus Model-based Expectations

  • 5 NPV0,T for Expanding Investment Horizon

  • 6 Realistic and Unrealistic Price Expectation Shocks: Impulse Response Functions

  • 7 Realistic and Unrealistic Price Expectation Shocks: Historical Decomposition

  • 8 Historical Contribution of Price Expectation Shock to Real House Price Developments

  • Tables

  • 1 Baseline Shock Identification

  • 2 Contribution of Shocks to Price Boom and Bust

  • 3 Variance Decomposition

  • 4 Correlation of Model-based Expectation Measure (t) with Survey-based Measure (t+i)

  • 5 Contribution of Shocks to Price Boom, Alternative Models

  • 6 Shock Identification including LTV Shock

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Price Expectations and the U.S. Housing Boom
Author:
Pascal Towbin
and
Mr. Sebastian Weber