This paper studies the housing price dynamics in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) using quarterly data from 1975Q1 to 2005Q2. First, the long-run relationship between housing prices and a number of fundamental variables likely to affect the level of housing prices is examined. Several...

THIS PAPER DERIVES AND ESTIMATES A BARRO-TYPE REDUCED-FORM EQUATION FOR DOMESTIC REAL OUTPUT FROM A SIMPLE STRUCTURAL MODEL OF AN OPEN DEVELOPING ECONOMY IN WHICH MARKETS CLEAR CONTINUOUSLY AND EXPECTATIONS ARE RATIONAL. THE FORM IN WHICH OPEN ECONOMY VARIABLES APPEARED WAS EXPLICITLY DERIVED...