Markets for property space adjust only gradually because tenants are constrained by long-term leases and landlords and tenants face transactions and information costs. Not only do rents adjust slowly, but space occupancy may differ from demand at current rent, giving rise to "hidden vacancies"....

We analyze by far the most extensive data base yet employed in estimating capitalization" of below-market interest rates into asset prices: nearly 300,000 sales of owner-occupied homes in" Sweden from 1981 to 1993 with 40,000 including government subsidized interest rates. Our" estimates...

This paper introduces a coherent framework for analyzing the role of discount window aspects of monetary policy. It deals explicitly with discount window regimes used by European central banks. In many European countries, commercial banks have virtually limited access to borrowed reserves. The...