The Blackwell Companion to the Economics of Housing

<i>The Blackwell Companion to the Economics of Housing</i> will help students and professionals alike to explore key elements of the housing economy: home prices, housing wealth, mortgage debt, and financial risk. <ul> <li> <div>Features 24 original essays, including an editorial introduction and three section overviews</div> </li> <li> <div>Includes 39 world-class authors from a mix of educational and financial organizations in the UK, Europe, Australia, and North America</div> </li> <li> <div>Broadly-based, scholarly, and accessible, serving students and professionals who wish to understand how today’s housing economy works</div> </li> <li> <div>Profiles the role and relevance of housing wealth; the mismanagement of mortgage debt; and the pitfalls and potential of hedging housing risk</div> </li> <li> <div>Key topics include: the housing price bubble and crash; the subprime mortgage crisis in the US and its aftermath; the links between housing wealth, the macroeconomy, and the welfare of home-occupiers; the mitigation of credit and housing investment risks</div> </li> <li> <div>Specific case studies help to illustrate concepts, along with new data sets and analyses to illustrate empirical points</div> </li> </ul>