Money illusion and housing frenzies

Brunnermeier, Markus K. and Julliard, Christian ORCID: 0000-0001-8177-7441 (2006) Money illusion and housing frenzies. . National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA., USA.

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Abstract

A reduction in inflation can fuel run-ups in housing prices if people suffer from money illusion. For example, investors who decide whether to rent or buy a house by simply comparing monthly rent and mortgage payments do not take into account that inflation lowers future real mortgage costs. We decompose the price-rent ratio in a rational component -- meant to capture the proxy effect and risk premia -- and an implied mispricing. We find that inflation and nominal interest rates explain a large share of the time-series variation of the mispricing, and that the tilt effect is unlikely to rationalize this finding.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.nber.org
Additional Information:	© 2006 Markus K. Brunnermeier and Christian Julliard
Divisions:	Financial Markets Group Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification:	G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R2 - Household Analysis
Date Deposited:	12 May 2008 10:29
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:46
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/4815

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