Heterogeneous countries may rationally choose to form a currency union first, and a fiscal union later. Taking into account the sovereignty loss involved in the formation of a fiscal union, we find reasonable conditions on the determinants of volatility for the currency and then fiscal...

This book covers the main aspects of regional and urban economics and presents state-of-the-art theories in a comprehensive and concise way. The book will be of interest to undergraduates in business and economics and covers specific areas such as real estate, urban and regional planning and...

We examine the changes in cross-border bank lending during the European sovereign crisis. We find evidence of: (i) a “flight-to-quality” in “core” European sovereigns and residential mortgages that is specific to large highly levered banks with a small number of defaulted loans in their...

1 Housing Affordability Crisis: The United States -- 2 Homelessness, Housing Public Policy and Urban Planning -- 3 The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program -- 4 The Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Program -- 5 Housing the Homeless -- 6 Financial Feasibility Analysis: Planning for the...

This paper studies the impact of a new technology that provides information on market conditions (supply growth, demand patterns, pricing trends and competitor rates) in the Short Term Rental market using booking platforms' scraped data. We collected data on a sample of 2,196 housing units over...