The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics

The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics brings together an international panel of contributors to present a comprehensive overview of this important field within economics. Housing occupies an increasingly central role in modern society, dominating consumer assets and spending, forming an important part of social policy and being a large enough market to impact the macroeconomy. This handbook tackles these themes, along with other critical issues such as intergenerational housing inequality and the efficiency and social justice of housing interventions.

This volume is structured in four main parts. It starts with eight chapters in microeconomics and housing. This is followed by two shorter sections on macroeconomics and finance. The final main part of the book is concerned with eight chapters on policy dimensions. While many of the chapters are rooted in mainstream economics and finance applied to housing, there are also chapters stressing institutional, behavioural and political economy orientations, as well as those that explicitly challenge more mainstream accounts. The contributing authors are based in Europe, North America and Australia and all draw in international literature to provide state of the art reviews of their topics.

This carefully curated handbook will be essential reading for advanced students, researchers and policy makers in housing economics, urban economics, urban planning, public economics and real estate economics and finance.

Chapter 22 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Kenneth Gibb is a Professor at the University of Glasgow where he directs the ESRC UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE).

Chris Leishman is a Professor of Property and Housing Economics at the University of South Australia and an Honorary Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Chris is also a Co-investigator and theme lead in CaCHE.

Alex Marsh is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Bristol and a Co-investigator and theme lead for the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE).

Geoffrey Meen is a Professor Emeritus in Economics at the University of Reading, where he was the first Head of the School of Politics, Economics and International Relations. Geoff was formerly a theme lead and co-investigator in CaCHE.

Rachel Ong ViforJ is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and a Professor of Economics at Curtin University, Western Australia.

Craig Watkins is the Vice-President and Head of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Planning and Housing at the University of Sheffield. Craig is the Research Director of CaCHE.