... Housing Pension system Property investment Retirement Trust The erosion of trust in social institutions and welfare systems has become a notable global phenomenon [1] (Taylor-Gooby, 2005). In this context, the diminishing trust in the retirement/pension industry raises significant concerns...

...Cornelia Agyenim-Boateng Purpose The study is intended to identify the macroeconomic factors that drive the use of companies registered in tax havens to purchase properties in the UK housing market. Design/methodology/approach Adopts an empirical study that uses Cointegration and Vector...

... time to buy a house?” with the follow-up question “Why do you say so?” There are several factors for consumers to choose as reasons. Given the strong link between US housing market activity and business cycles, the authors ask whether the responses to the follow-up question explain the behavior...

...Wei‐Bin Zhang Purpose This study aims to examine dynamic interactions among economic growth, geography and the housing market with public goods financed by the government. A general dynamic equilibrium model of an isolated economy with economic geography, local public goods and capital...

...Edward Shinnick Reviews the development of Irish housing policy from the eighteenth century to the present. Emphasizes the importance of measuring quality in housing, where housing may be described by a vector of measured characteristics. Undertakes a detailed price determination of these various...

...? Some Simple Analytics of Rent Decontrol Geoffrey Reed University of Nottingham, UK Introduction Intervention in the housing market has a long history, motivated by governments regarding housing as what Musgrave (1957, 1958) termed a "merit good". A form of intervention which is not unusual is rent...