Spain and the crisis: housing prices, credit, and macroprudential policies

Rubio, Margarita and Carrasco-Gallego, José A. (2017) Spain and the crisis: housing prices, credit, and macroprudential policies. Singapore Economic Review, 62 (1). pp. 109-133. ISSN 1793-6837

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a two-country, two sector monetary union DSGE model with housing. One of the countries is calibrated to represent the Spanish economy while the other one is the rest of the European monetary union. First, we illustrate how looser credit conditions coming from the Euro area, together with increases in housing demand, lead to an increase in house prices and credit in Spain. Then, we analyze to what extent, macroprudential policies could have avoided the excess in credit that triggered the financial crisis in Spain. We find that a countercyclical loan-to-value rule that mainly responds to house prices would have mitigated the credit boom in Spain. These results can also be applied to other countries facing similar problems in the housing sector and thinking about implementing macroprudential policies.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/970403
Additional Information: The Singapore Economic Review, March 2017, Vol. 62, No. 01 : pp. 109-133 doi: 10.1142/S0217590817400057 © World Scientific Publishing Company http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ser
Keywords: Housing Boom, House Prices, Macroprudential Policy, Dynamic Provisioning
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590817400057
Depositing User: Rubio, Margarita
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2015 07:59
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:58
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/30291

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