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- Youjin Oh
- Changmin Lee
- Inhye Heo
Abstract
South Korea's mortgage loan policy, which represents a regulatory policy for stabilizing the housing market, has changed significantly in accordance with changes in presidency and partisanship. Which partisan government's housing policy has been most effective in stabilizing the market? To answer this question, we discuss the different partisanships of Korea's conservative and progressive parties, their policy preferences, and the previous governments’ key housing policies. Thereafter, we concretize the research methodology and examine the housing volatility witnessed since 1987, using the Markov‐switching regression. The results reveal that the market was highly unstable when the progressive government actively promoted regulation in favor of “governmentalist” partisanship. Moreover, the policy was mostly effective in lowering apartment prices in Seoul, which was the regulation's primary target all along. Based on these findings, we conclude with some policy implications of the study. Given that governmentalist partisanship heightens volatility in the housing market, housing market policies should be designed to hedge the negative externalities of partisanship. La política de préstamos hipotecarios de Corea del Sur, que representa una política regulatoria para estabilizar el mercado inmobiliario, ha cambiado significativamente, de acuerdo con los cambios en la presidencia y el partidismo. ¿La política de vivienda de qué gobierno partidista ha sido más efectiva para estabilizar el mercado? Para responder a esta pregunta, discutimos los diferentes partidismos de los partidos conservador y progresista de Corea, sus preferencias políticas y las políticas de vivienda clave de los gobiernos anteriores. Posteriormente, concretamos la metodología de investigación y examinamos la volatilidad de la vivienda observada desde 1987, utilizando la regresión de conmutación de Markov. Los resultados revelan que el mercado era altamente inestable cuando el gobierno progresista promovía activamente la regulación a favor del partidismo “gubernamentalista”. Además, la política fue principalmente efectiva para reducir los precios de los apartamentos en Seúl, que de todos modos era el objetivo principal de la regulación. Con base en estos hallazgos, concluimos con algunas implicaciones políticas del estudio. Dado que el partidismo gubernamental aumenta la volatilidad en el mercado inmobiliario, las políticas del mercado inmobiliario deben diseñarse para cubrir las externalidades negativas del partidismo. 韩国的抵押贷款政策代表了用于稳定房地产市场的监管政策,其随着总统任期和党派性的变化而发生重大变化。哪个党派政府的住房政策在稳定市场方面最有效?为回答这一问题,我们探讨了韩国保守党和进步党的不同党派性、其政策偏好以及前政府的主要住房政策。我们随后将研究方法具体化,并使用马尔可夫转换回归检验自1987年以来的住房波动性。结果表明,当进步性政府积极推动监管以支持“政府主义”的党派性时,住房市场非常不稳定。此外,该政策对降低首尔的公寓价格最有效,而首尔无论如何都是该法规的主要目标。基于这些发现,我们总结了本研究的一些政策启示。鉴于政府主义的党派性加剧了住房市场的波动性,房地产市场政策的设计应旨在对冲党派性的负外部性。
Suggested Citation
Youjin Oh & Changmin Lee & Inhye Heo, 2023.
"Partisanship, Regulation, And Volatility In South Korea'S Housing Market,"
World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 186(3), pages 776-805, September.
Handle:
RePEc:wly:woraff:v:186:y:2023:i:3:p:776-805
DOI: 10.1177/00438200231177461
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