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Housing Attribute Preferences In El Paso, Emmanuel Villalobos
Housing Attribute Preferences In El Paso, Emmanuel Villalobos
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This study uses twenty-two explanatory variables and a stratified random sample of 562 housing units to estimate a hedonic pricing model for the El Paso housing market. Previous studies report that structural characteristics are more influential than locational factors in home valuation. Results obtained indicate that list price reacts more elastically to a home's structural characteristics than to its locational factors. In this study indirect evidence of the importance of international commerce in El Paso is documented. Whether the results reported are unique to a large border economy like El Paso is unknown.
Three Essays On Housing Market In Hong Kong : Implications For Public Policy And Macro Economy, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
Three Essays On Housing Market In Hong Kong : Implications For Public Policy And Macro Economy, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
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The thesis contains three papers on different areas of housing study in Hong Kong. The first paper focuses on government policy in public housing privatization on housing market and its effect on the overall economy. By comparing the negative impacts of two financial crises in 1997 and 2008 on housing market, the paper tries to offer explanation for the property downturn during 1997-2003. It aims to study how a public housing privatization program would produce adverse effects on housing transactions and the economy. The second one links up the housing market and macro economy. It is found that housing sector …