Housing Economics and Public Policy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: O'Sullivan, Anthony; Gibb, Kenneth

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in the field of housing economics and its application to policy and practice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan Maclennan's influential Housing Economics, 16 leading housing experts - both academics and policy makers from across the world - now honour Maclennan's contributions. The chapters here present a contemporary survey of key issues in housing, from urban housing markets and sub-market modelling, to the economics of social housing, the basis for housing planning, economic analysis of neighbourhoods, and the connections between academic work and policy development. For students, researchers and practitioners in housing, urban economics and social policy, Housing Economics and Public Policy: . provides up to date and comprehensive reviews of major areas of the housing economics literature . sheds light on the economic, social and spatial processes that affect housing . includes discussion of major areas of cutting edge housing economics research and identifies continuing gaps . presents a synthesis of housing economics research on both sides of the Atlantic . assesses the impact of theory on policy and practice

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470680414
• Artikelnr.: 38184076

Autorenporträt

Anthony O'Sullivan is the editor of Housing Economics and Public Policy, published by Wiley. Kenneth Gibb is the editor of Housing Economics and Public Policy, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Urban Housing Models 22
Segmentation, Adjustment and Disequilibrium 38
Transactions Costs and Housing Markets 56
Hedonic Pricing Models: A Selective and Applied Review 67
Housing, Random Walks, Complexity and The Macroeconomy 90
Taxation, Subsidies and Housing Markets 110
The Economics of Social Housing 135
Neighbourhood Dynamics and Housing Markets 153
Access To Home Ownership In The United States: The Impact Of Changing
Perspectives On Constraints To Tenure
Choice 172
Planning Regulation and Housing Supply In A Market System 193
Economics and Housing Planning 218
The Right To Buy In Britain 235
The Political Economy of Housing Research 248
Policy and Academia: An Assessment 268
References 283
Index 319