American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
The Housing Market(s) of San Diego
American Economic Review
(pp. 1371–1407)
Abstract
This paper uses an assignment model to understand the cross section of house prices within a metro area. Movers' demand for housing is derived from a life-cycle problem with credit market frictions. Equilibrium house prices adjust to assign houses that differ by quality to movers who differ by age, income, and wealth. To quantify the model, we measure distributions of house prices, house qualities, and mover characteristics from micro-data on San Diego County during the 2000s boom. The main result is that cheaper credit for poor households was a major driver of prices, especially at the low end of the market. (JEL D14, D91, R21, R31)Citation
Landvoigt, Tim, Monika Piazzesi, and Martin Schneider. 2015. "The Housing Market(s) of San Diego." American Economic Review 105 (4): 1371–1407. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20111662Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
- R21 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand
- R31 Housing Supply and Markets