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What moves the German land market? A decomposition of the land rent-price ratio

The price increases on agricultural land markets in the last decade have triggered a debate about land as an attractive investment opportunity for agricultural and non-agricultural investors. In a static environment, the rent-price ratio provides a first indicator of the profitability of an investment in land. In this paper, we apply the dynamic Gordon growth model to Western Germany and decompose the rent-price ratio into the expected present values of rental growth rates, real interest rates, and a land premium, i.e., the excess return on investment. This analysis reveals that the recent price surge on agricultural land markets was not unprecedented; that the land market rent-price ratio is rather low compared to other markets and varies considerably among federal states; and that (expected) premia for land are mostly negative, rendering investments in farmland unprofitable for financial investors. Finally, we find that changing expected present values of returns on land investments are the major driver for land price volatility.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: FORLand-Working Paper ; No. 05 (2018)

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
Subject
Agricultural land market
rent-price ratio
Campbell-Shiller decomposition
dynamic Gordon growth model

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Plogmann, Jana
Mußhoff, Oliver
Odening, Martin
Ritter, Matthias
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DFG Research Unit 2569 FORLand "Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation"
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2018

DOI
doi:10.18452/19486.2
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Plogmann, Jana
  • Mußhoff, Oliver
  • Odening, Martin
  • Ritter, Matthias
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DFG Research Unit 2569 FORLand "Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation"

Time of origin

  • 2018

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