Any hope that a revival of Spain’s housing market could help kick-start the country’s economy is likely to prove misplaced

Montalvo, José García (2014) Any hope that a revival of Spain’s housing market could help kick-start the country’s economy is likely to prove misplaced. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (06 Nov 2014). Website.

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Recent months have seen house prices in Spain rise for the first time in six years, after the housing sector was badly hit by the financial crisis. José García Montalvo writes that one of the most damaging aspects of the crisis in Spain was that the housing bubble experienced during the 2000s was also accompanied by declining productivity. He notes that the underlying picture in the real estate sector remains fragile and that in contrast to previous economic crises in Spain, a revival of the housing market is unlikely to offer a route to economic recovery.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2017 10:28
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 19:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/71650

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