Essays on dynamics of the housing market : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Finance at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.advisorOzer Balli, Hatice
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Thi Thu Ha
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-15T03:06:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-12T20:45:44Z
dc.date.available2021-06-15T03:06:30Z
dc.date.available2021-10-12T20:45:44Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionListed in 2021 Dean's List of Exceptional Thesesen
dc.description.abstractAs the largest proportion of a household’s wealth is invested in houses, a household’s saving and consumption is highly likely to be affected by the movement of housing markets. Economists are also very interested in housing price movements, due to its significant impact on general economic wellbeing and business cycles. The US housing collapse is commonly referred to as the trigger of the global financial crisis (GFC), leading to stronger demand from both the public and policymakers for in-depth analysis of housing markets. This thesis provides three empirical studies that aim to explore the dynamics of housing markets. The first essay analyses the relationship between immigration and housing markets with a focus on the regional differences within a country. Among the three housing market indicators studied (prices, rents, and price-to-rent ratios), the impact of immigration is found to be most strongly associated with rents and most weakly associated with prices. A negative relationship is reported between immigration and price-to-rent ratios, implying that in an overvalued housing market, the extent of deviation from equilibrium would have been even greater without immigration. Increased global financial integration as a result of improvements in the specification of trade, innovations in finance, and advances in information technology has led to increased connectedness between financial markets. Against this backdrop, the second essay measures the equicorrelation and connectedness between housing and oil markets. The results provide robust evidence of the existence of strong connectedness between these markets. The results also indicate that the connectedness is time variant, reaching its peak during the financial crisis. Among the studied markets, the US housing market is found to be the dominant shock transmitter, spreading shocks to the other markets. During the GFC period, the oil market operated as an information transmission mediator, conveying shocks from the US housing market to other OECD housing markets, particularly in the net oil importing OECD countries. The third essay focuses on whether capital gain in housing markets smooths consumption. The results indicate that the appreciation of house prices is an effective channel of risk sharing. Furthermore, the analysis of the consumption response to long-run output shocks in three developed countries (Australia, Canada, and New Zealand) provides evidence that Canadian residents are the most sensitive to permanent domestic output shocks and that the consumption patterns of Australian residents remain unchanged.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/16663
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectResidential real estateen
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.subjectPricesen
dc.subjectEmigration and immigrationen
dc.subjectPetroleum industry and tradeen
dc.subjectEconomic aspectsen
dc.subjectConsumption (Economics)en
dc.subjectDean's List of Exceptional Thesesen
dc.subject.anzsrc350299 Banking, finance and investment not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleEssays on dynamics of the housing market : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Finance at Massey University, Albany, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorNguyen, Thi Thu Haen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineFinanceen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
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