This paper presents a simple model of the rental and homeownership markets in a unified framework. The paper then investigates the model’s positive and normative properties, applying ideas developed in search and matching theory. I analytically address the comparative static and welfare...

Using a two-country general equilibrium model, this paper analytically derives the possibility of positive welfare consequences of vehicle currency use in invoicing international trades. Such vehicle currency use is prominent in the data. The literature points out welfare loss under optimal...

This paper provides a rational expectations equilibrium framework to organize the following observations about the U.S. housing market from 1975 to 2007: (i) housing occupancy patterns were approximately constant, (ii) rents were stable, and (iii) house prices appreciated considerably in the...