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The Demise of Environmentalism in American Law

Greve, Michael S. - American Enterprise Institute

This book is a study of legal doctrines that hinder the development of efficient, economically sound policies for protecting the environment.

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Real estate brokers and commission: theory and calibrations

Shy, Oz - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2009

The author constructs a theoretical model to examine the effects of an inherent conflict of interest between a seller of a house and the real estate broker hired by the seller. The model is then used to calibrate the broker's commission rates that would maximize the seller's expected gain. The...

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Housing and debt over the life cycle and over the business cycle

Iacoviello, Matteo; Pavan, Marina - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2009

This paper describes an equilibrium life-cycle model of housing where nonconvex adjustment costs lead households to … adjust their housing choice infrequently and by large amounts when they do so. In the cross-sectional dimension, the model … of housing adjustment. In the time-series dimension, the model accounts for the procyclicality and volatility of housing …

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Reasonable people did disagree : optimism and pessimism about the U.S. housing market before the crash

Gerardi, Kristopher S.; Foote, Christopher L.; Willen, … - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2010

.S. housing crisis. At the peak of the recent housing cycle, both borrowers and lenders appealed to optimistic house price … theoretical and empirical evidence that pointed to a massive overvaluation of housing and thus to an inevitable and severe price … time. Many economists, skeptical that a bubble existed, attempted to justify the historic run-up in housing prices based on …

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A historical perspective on housing downturns.

Rosengren, Eric S. - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2008

Presented by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s 2008 Economic Summit and Outlook, Hartford, Connecticut. January 8, 2008

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Housing and the economy: perspectives and possibilities.

Rosengren, Eric S. - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2009

Presented by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at the Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association 2009 Annual Dinner, January 8, 2009

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Housing and economic recovery

Rosengren, Eric S. - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2011

Remarks by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at the Economic Outlook Seminar, Stockholm, Sweden, September 28, 2011

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A historical perspective on housing downturns.

Rosengren, Eric S. - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2008

Presented by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, for The Seventeenth Annual Vermont Economic Outlook Conference, Burlington, Vermont, January 11, 2008

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Government-Sponsored Enterprises

Stanton, Thomas H. - American Enterprise Institute

This booktraces the origins of GSEs, contrasts investor-owned and cooperative GSEs, and examines such issues as activities and the quality of oversight.

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Rethinking Federal Housing Policy

Glaeser, Edward L.; Gyourko, Joseph; gyourko, gyourko - American Enterprise Institute

A radical rethinking of housing policy is needed to allow housing markets to operate freely--and to make housing …

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