Bridging the housing gap in Poland

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03-Oct-2008

Rafał Kierzenkowski

Despite a high level of homeownership, the housing market in Poland is suffering from an important shortage.

Have long-term financial trends changed the transmission of monetary policy?

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08-Sep-2008

Boris Cournède, Rudiger Ahrend and Robert Price

This paper addresses the question of whether and how long-term financial trends may have modified the transmission mechanism from monetary policy decisions to economic activity.

Reforming housing and regional policies in Korea

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23-May-2008

Randall S. Jones and Tadashi Yokoyama

The Korean government has introduced five policy packages since August 2005 to stabilise house prices, mainly due to concerns about possible spill-overs from the capital region to other parts of the country.

Delivering cost efficient public services in health care, education and housing in Chile

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16-Apr-2008

Diego Moccero

The Chilean authorities plan to raise budgetary allocations over the medium term for a variety of social programmes, including education, health care and housing. Read more in Economics Department Working Paper 606.

Monetary policy, market excesses and financial turmoil

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12-Mar-2008

Rudiger Ahrend, Boris Cournède and Robert Price

This paper addresses the question of whether and how monetary policy ease may lead to excesses in financial and real asset markets and ultimately result in financial dislocation.

The Swedish housing market – better allocation via less regulation

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20-Jun-2007

Felix Hüfner and Jens Lundsgaard

This paper presents a review of the recent steps to abolish real estate taxes and also proposes comprehensive reform of regulations in the rental housing sector. Economics Department Working Paper 559.

Housing markets and adjustments in monetary union

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24-Apr-2007

Peter Hoeller and David Rae

This paper highlights the factors that limit or increase cyclical divergence in the euro area and reviews one policy area that is important in fostering a speedy adjustment to shocks: the transmission of monetary policy via the housing market.  Economics Department Working Paper 550.

Has the rise in debt made households more vulnerable?

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21-Dec-2006

Nathalie Girouard, Mike Kennedy and Christophe André

This paper reviews, for a number of OECD economies, macroeconomic developments in household balance sheets over the past two decades using macro and micro-level informations. Economics Department Working Paper 535.

Finland's housing market: reducing risks and improving policies

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18-Sep-2006

Laura Vartia

This paper discusses the macroeconomic effects and structural and regional characteristics of housing markets in Finland. Economics Department Working Paper 514.

The Danish housing market: less subsidy and more flexibility

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18-Sep-2006

Espen Erlandsen, Jens Lundsgaard and Felix Huefner

The paper assesses the recent development in Danish house prices and reviews the main areas for reform of the housing market. Economics Department Working Paper 513.

EO 84 to be released 25 November 2008

Issue No. 83

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