Investigating regional house price convergence in the United States: Evidence from a pair-wise approach

In this paper we examine long-run house price convergence across US states using a novel econometric approach advocated by Pesaran (2007) and Pesaran et al. (2009). Our empirical modelling strategy employs a probabilistic test statistic for convergence based on the percentage of unit root rejections...

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Autores: Holmes M.J., Otero Cardona, Jesús Gilberto, Panagiotidis T.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23887
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2011.06.015
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23887
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Convergence
Cross-section dependence
House prices
Pair-wise approach
Panel data
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Sumario:In this paper we examine long-run house price convergence across US states using a novel econometric approach advocated by Pesaran (2007) and Pesaran et al. (2009). Our empirical modelling strategy employs a probabilistic test statistic for convergence based on the percentage of unit root rejections among all state house price differentials. Using a sieve bootstrap procedure, we construct confidence intervals and find evidence in favour of convergence. We also conclude that speed of adjustment towards long-run equilibrium is inversely related to distance. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.