House Price Convergence in the Euro Zone: A Pairwise Approach

29 Pages Posted: 31 Mar 2019

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William Miles

Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business

Date Written: February 11, 2019

Abstract

For the European Central Bank to incorporate euro-wide housing into its policy decisions, it is helpful if home values across the currency union are convergent in the long run. We apply a probabilistic pair-wise approach to the question of whether home values converge across eight euro-zone housing markets. Contrary to previous studies, we find only marginal evidence that euro housing markets converge. Moreover, for what convergence there appears to be, there is no evidence that the adoption of the euro itself played a role in creating such convergence. Finally, Germany’s housing sector is rarely found convergent with those of other countries. This is worrying as Germany is the dominant economy of the currency union.

Keywords: General Regional Economics, Housing Supply and Markets, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance, Macroeconomic Issues of Monetary Unions

JEL Classification: R1, R31, F4, F45

Suggested Citation

Miles, William, House Price Convergence in the Euro Zone: A Pairwise Approach (February 11, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3332680 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3332680

William Miles (Contact Author)

Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business ( email )

1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260
United States

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