Downward nominal house price rigidity: Evidence from three centuries of data on housing transactions

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2023
Volume: 225
Issue: C

Authors (2)

Erlandsen, Solveig K. (not in RePEc) Juelsrud, Ragnar Enger (Norges Bank)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

By analyzing housing data from the period 1850 to 2019 in Norway, we find evidence of downward nominal house price rigidity. More specifically, we document that there is a marked fraction of repeat-sales housing transactions with a zero nominal price change and show that this fraction increases in housing market downturns. While the former result reveals a rigidity in nominal house prices, the latter suggests that the direction of it is predominantly downward.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:225:y:2023:i:c:s0165176523000630
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25