2015 - Volume 47, Issue S1

Conference on Housing, Stability, and the Macroeconomy: International Perspectives

RABAH AREZKI,  THORSTEN BECK,  ROBERT DEYOUNG,  JOHN V. DUCA,  PRAKASH LOUNGANI,  ANTHONY MURPHY


Opening Remarks

STIJN CLAESSENS


Housing, Leverage, and Stability in the Wider Economy

DAVID MILES


The Housing and Credit Bubbles in the United States and Europe: A Comparison

SUSAN WACHTER


Housing Really Is the Business Cycle: What Survives the Lessons of 2008–09?

EDWARD E. LEAMER


Housing and the Macroeconomy: Inflation and the Financial Accelerator

JOHN MUELLBAUER


An International Perspective for Mortgage Market Reform

DWIGHT M. JAFFEE


Real Estate Markets and Macroprudential Policy in Europe

PHILIPP HARTMANN


Building Stable Mortgage Markets: Lessons from Canada's Experience

ALLAN CRAWFORD


Explaining House Price Dynamics: Isolating the Role of Nonfundamentals

DAVID C. LING,  JOSEPH T.L. OOI,  THAO T.T. LE


Discussion of Ling, Ooi, and Le

KEVIN J. LANSING


Joint Dynamics of House Prices and Foreclosures

YAVUZ ARSLAN,  BULENT GULER,  TEMEL TASKIN


Discussion of Arslan, Guler, and Taskin

PAUL WILLEN


The Impact of Housing Markets on Consumer Debt: Credit Report Evidence from 1999 to 2012

META BROWN,  SARAH STEIN,  BASIT ZAFAR


Discussion of Brown, Stein, and Zafar

KAREN PENCE


Capital Inflows and the U.S. Housing Boom

FILIPA SÁ,  TOMASZ WIELADEK


Discussion of Sá and Wieladek

PEDRO GETE


House Price Booms, Current Account Deficits, and Low Interest Rates

ANDREA FERRERO


Discussion of Ferrero

EDWARD LEAMER


Global Liquidity, House Prices, and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from Advanced and Emerging Economies

AMBROGIO CESA-BIANCHI,  LUIS FELIPE CESPEDES,  ALESSANDRO REBUCCI


Discussion of Cesa-Bianchi, Cespedes, and Rebucci

KENNETH N. KUTTNER


Macroprudential Policies and Housing Prices: A New Database and Empirical Evidence for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe

JÉRÔME VANDENBUSSCHE,  URSULA VOGEL,  ENRICA DETRAGIACHE


Discussion of Vandenbussche, Vogel, and Detragiache

THORSTEN BECK


Optimal Monetary Policy Rules and House Prices: The Role of Financial Frictions

ALESSANDRO NOTARPIETRO,  STEFANO SIVIERO


Discussion of Notarpietro and Siviero

ZHENG LIU


Important Questions for Housing Markets and Housing Policy

STIJN CLAESSENS