O'Sullivan / Gibb Housing Economics and Public Policy

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-68041-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in thefield of housing economics and its application to policy andpractice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan Maclennan'sinfluential Housing Economics, 16 leading housing experts -both academics and policy makers from across the world - now honourMaclennan's contributions.
The chapters here present a contemporary survey of key issues inhousing, from urban housing markets and sub-market modelling, tothe economics of social housing, the basis for housing planning,economic analysis of neighbourhoods, and the connections betweenacademic work and policy development.
For students, researchers and practitioners in housing, urbaneconomics and social policy, Housing Economics and PublicPolicy:
. provides up to date and comprehensive reviews of major areasof the housing economics literature
. sheds light on the economic, social and spatial processes thataffect housing
. includes discussion of major areas of cutting edge housingeconomics research and identifies continuing gaps
. presents a synthesis of housing economics research on bothsides of the Atlantic
. assesses the impact of theory on policy and practice

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Sullivan, Anthony

Gibb, Kenneth

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Urban housing models; Segmentation, adjustment and disequilibrium; Transactions costs and housing markets; Hedonic pricing models:a selective and applied review; Housing, random walks, complexity and the macroeconomy; Taxation, subsidies and housing markets; The economics of social housing; Neighbourhood dynamics and housing markets; Access to home ownership in the United States:the impact of changing perspectives on constraints to tenure choice; Planning regulation and housing supply in a market system; Economics and housing planning; The right to buy in Britain; The political economy of housing research; Policy and academia:an assessment

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony O'Sullivan is the editor of Housing Economics and Public Policy, published by Wiley.

Kenneth Gibb is the editor of Housing Economics and Public Policy, published by Wiley.