Arbeitspapier
The power of mandatory quality disclosure: Evidence from the German housing market
Many countries have introduced Energy Performance Certificates to mitigate the information asymmetry with respect to the thermal quality of houses. Drawing on a stylized theoretical model that is coupled with comprehensive data on real estate advertisements in the German housing market, this paper investigates the causal effect of disclosing energy information on the offer prices of houses. We are particularly interested in testing whether house sellers who would not voluntarily disclose the house's energy consumption decrease the offer price upon a shift to a mandatory disclosure scheme. Employing both within-variation from panel data and an instrumental-variable approach to cope with the endogeneity of disclosure decisions, our analysis demonstrates the power of mandatory disclosure rules to increase market transparency and to reduce prices.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-794-6
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 684
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
- Thema
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information asymmetry
mandatory disclosure
environmental certification
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frondel, Manuel
Gerster, Andreas
Vance, Colin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Essen
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2017
- DOI
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doi:10.4419/86788794
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Frondel, Manuel
- Gerster, Andreas
- Vance, Colin
- RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Entstanden
- 2017
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