Directed Search in the Housing Market
| Title: | Directed Search in the Housing Market |
|---|---|
| Authors: | James Albrecht; Pieter A. Gautiery; Susan Vromanz; Jel Codes D |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://laef.ucsb.edu/pages/conferences/hulm13/papers/vroman.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | Key Words; Directed Search; Housing |
| Description: | In this paper, we present a directed search model of the housing market. The pricing mechanism we analyze reects the way houses are bought and sold in the United States. Our model is consistent with the observation that houses are sometimes sold above, sometimes below, and sometimes at the asking price. We consider two versions of our model. In the rst version, all sellers have the same reservation value. In the second version, there are two seller types, and type is private information. For both versions, we characterize the equilibrium of the game played by buyers and sellers, and we discuss e ¢ ciency. Our model o¤ers a new way to look at the housing market from a search-theoretic perspective. In addition, we contribute to the directed search literature by considering a model in which the asking price (i) entails only limited commitment and (ii) has the potential to signal seller type. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.499.9641; http://laef.ucsb.edu/pages/conferences/hulm13/papers/vroman.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.499.9641; http://laef.ucsb.edu/pages/conferences/hulm13/papers/vroman.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.F37734AD |
| Database: | BASE |