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Does TFP drive housing prices? a growth accounting exercise for four countries

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  • Alessio Moro

    (University of Cagliari)

  • Galo Nuño

    (Banco de España)

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Housing prices diverge from construction prices after 1997 in four major countries. Besides, TFP differences between construction and the general economy account for the evolution of construction prices in the U.S. and Germany, but not in the U.K. and Spain.

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  • Alessio Moro & Galo Nuño, 2011. "Does TFP drive housing prices? a growth accounting exercise for four countries," Working Papers 1133, Banco de España.
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    Keywords

    Housing prices; TFP; growth accounting; Cobb-Douglas;
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    JEL classification:

    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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