The Blackwell companion to the economics of housing : the housing wealth of nations / / edited by Susan J. Smith, Beverley A. Searle

• Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (649 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.33/8; 333.338
• Soggetto topico: Housing; Housing - Finance
• Altri autori: SmithSusan <1956-> SearleBeverley A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Blackwell Companion to the Economics of Housing; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Banking on Housing; Editorial; Chapter 2 Housing and Mortgage Markets: An OECD Perspective; Chapter 3 Is Housing Wealth an ""ATM""?: International Trends; Chapter 4 Housing Wealth Effects and Course of the US Economy: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications; Chapter 5 The Rise in Home Prices and Household Debt in the UK: Potential Causes and Implications; Chapter 6 Housing Wealth and Mortgage Debt in Australia ; Chapter 7 A Survey of Housing Equity Withdrawal and Injection in AustraliaChapter 8 What do we Know about Equity Withdrawal by Households in New Zealand?; Chapter 9 What Happened to the Housing System?; Part II Housing Wealth As A Financial Buffer; Editorial; Chapter 10 Trading on Housing Wealth: Political Risk in an Aging Society; Chapter 11 Housing Equity Withdrawal and Retirement: Evidence from the Household, Income, and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA); Chapter 12 Housing Market, Wealth, and ""Self-Insurance"" in Spain ; Chapter 13 Housing Wealth: A Safety Net of Last Resort? Findings from a European StudyChapter 14 ""Pots of Gold"": Housing Wealth and Economic Wellbeing in Australia; Chapter 15 Housing Wealth as Insurance: Insights from the UK; Chapter 16 Housing to Manage Debt and Family Care in the USA; Chapter 17 The Subprime State of Race; Chapter 18 The Housing Finance Revolution; Part III Mitigating Housing Risks; Editorial; Chapter 19 How Housing Busts End: Home Prices, User Cost, and Rigidities During Down Cycles ; Chapter 20 Is there a Role for Shared Equity Products in Twenty-First Century Housing? Experience in Australia and the UKChapter 21 Trading on Home Price Risk: Index Derivatives and Home Equity Insurance; Chapter 22 Hedging Housing Risk: A Financial Markets Perspective; Chapter 23 Hedging Housing Risk: Is it Feasible?; Chapter 24 Housing Risk and Property Derivatives: The Role of Financial Engineering; Chapter 25 Housing Futures: A Role for Derivatives?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Blackwell Companion to the Economics of Housing will help students and professionals alike to explore key elements of the housing economy: home prices, housing wealth, mortgage debt, and financial risk. Features 24 original essays, including an editorial introduction and three section overviewsIncludes 39 world-class authors from a mix of educational and financial organizations in the UK, Europe, Australia, and North AmericaBroadly-based, scholarly, and accessible, serving students and professionals who wish to understand how today's housin
• Titolo autorizzato: The Blackwell companion to the economics of housing
• ISBN: 1-78268-331-3; 1-282-49124-5; 9786612491245; 1-4051-9708-0; 1-4443-1797-0; 1-4443-1798-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877697803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell companions to contemporary economics ; ; 5.