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Domino Effects within a Housing Market: The Transmission of House Price Changes Across Quality Tiers


Lok-Sang Ng Ho


Lingnan College - Department of Economics

Yue Ma


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Donald R. Haurin


Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Economics

August 7, 2008

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2008

Abstract:     
We argue that shocks to a housing market are transmitted through the hierarchy of quality tiers within a housing market. The result is the prediction of waves of house price changes accompanied by changes in transaction volume. Our study is related to existing models of spatial ripple effects across housing markets. The data are from the Hong Kong housing market. The findings from Granger causality tests strongly support the argument that ripple or domino effects within a single housing market occur in response to external shocks.

Keywords: housing, homeownership, ripple effect, down-payment, price dynamics, equity effects, public housing, privatization

JEL Classification: E32, H30, R21, R31

Accepted Paper Series


Date posted: August 8, 2008  

Suggested Citation

Ho, Lok-Sang Ng, Ma, Yue and Haurin, Donald R., Domino Effects within a Housing Market: The Transmission of House Price Changes Across Quality Tiers (August 7, 2008). Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1211001

Contact Information

Lok-Sang Ng Ho (Contact Author)
Lingnan College - Department of Economics ( email )
8 Castle Peak Road
Tuen Mun
Hong Kong
Yue Ma
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Donald R. Haurin
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Economics ( email )
154 N. Oval Mall
1010G Derby Hall
Columbus, OH 43210-1172
United States
614-292-0482 (Phone)
614-292-9530 (Fax)
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