Declining discount rates in Singapore's market for privately developed apartments

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Applied Econometrics
Year: 2022
Volume: 37
Issue: 2
Pages: 330-350

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Singapore's market for new privately developed apartments exhibits wide quasi‐experimental variation in ownership tenure. We develop an empirical model in which prices are decomposed into the utility of housing services and a factor that shifts with asset tenure and the discount rate schedule, which we discipline to vary smoothly over time. We estimate discount rates that decline over time and, to accommodate the observed price differences, fall to 0.5–1.5% p.a. by year 400. The finding that households making sizable transactions do not entirely discount benefits accruing centuries from today is relevant, with the appropriate risk adjustment, for evaluating climate‐change investments.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:japmet:v:37:y:2022:i:2:p:330-350
Journal Field
Econometrics
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25