Does total-factor productivity drive housing prices? A growth-accounting exercise for four countries

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 115
Issue: 2
Pages: 221-224

Authors (2)

Moro, Alessio (Università degli Studi di Cagl...) Nuño, Galo (Centre for Economic Policy Res...)

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Abstract

Housing prices diverge from construction prices after 1997 in four major countries. Besides, total-factor productivity (TFP) differences between construction and the general economy account for the evolution of construction prices in the US and Germany, but not in the UK and Spain.

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repec:eee:ecolet:v:115:y:2012:i:2:p:221-224
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General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-26