The Relation between Financial and Housing Wealth of Dutch Households

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We analyze households' joint investment decisions for financial wealth and homes. We use a bivariate censored regression model with endogenous switching. Fixed costs or transaction costs are captured by an unobserved nonzero censoring threshold. The model allows for spill-over effects of a binding threshold for one asset on the demand for the other asset. We find that tenure choice affects the level of financial wealth. Our results do not support the view that people first accumulate financial wealth before acquiring homes.This can be due to the absence of down payments constraints in the Netherlands.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 1998:19

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand
• Subject: Housing demand ; Household saving ; Portfolio choice ; Limited dependent variables

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hochguertel, Stefan ; van Soest, Arthur
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Uppsala University, Department of Economics
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 1998

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82853
• URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-2426
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET