Arbeitspapier

Housing market convergence: Evidence from Germany

This paper provides an analysis of the convergence pattern of German housing prices and rents employing a new dataset that covers all the country's administrative districts. In addition to conventional tests for β-convergence and δ-convergence, we apply Phillips and Sul's (2007) approach so as to allow for the various heterogeneity and transitional dynamics across districts. Our results reveal no evidence of convergence across Germany or within states; rather, we discover widespread evidence of divergence, as well as evidence of inter-state convergence and support for the existence of convergence clubs. At the federal level, we identify club numbers ranging from 11 (for existing flat prices) to 5 (for new flat rents). At the state level, the estimated number of clubs is generally lower, ranging from 0 to 6.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 44-2022

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location: General
Housing Supply and Markets
Thema
Convergence
Germany
Housing prices
district-level data
convergence clubs

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Unal, Umut
Hayo, Bernd
Erol, Isil
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics
(wo)
Marburg
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Unal, Umut
  • Hayo, Bernd
  • Erol, Isil
  • Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics

Entstanden

  • 2022

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