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TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing for long-run convergence across regional house prices in the UK
T2 - a pairwise approach
AU - Abbott, Andrew James
AU - De Vita, Glauco
PY - 2011/12/9
Y1 - 2011/12/9
N2 - This article tests for stochastic convergence in UK regional house prices using the recently developed pairwise approach. This approach allows for unit root tests to be conducted on all N(N − 1)/2 possible pairs of house price differentials across N regions in the UK, thus avoiding the need to choose a base region or alternative national figure as the benchmark. Using mix adjusted house price data from 1973:Q4 to 2008:Q4, the main finding is that there is no evidence of long run convergence among regional house prices or of an equilibrium relationship towards which UK regional house prices have a tendency to gravitate.
AB - This article tests for stochastic convergence in UK regional house prices using the recently developed pairwise approach. This approach allows for unit root tests to be conducted on all N(N − 1)/2 possible pairs of house price differentials across N regions in the UK, thus avoiding the need to choose a base region or alternative national figure as the benchmark. Using mix adjusted house price data from 1973:Q4 to 2008:Q4, the main finding is that there is no evidence of long run convergence among regional house prices or of an equilibrium relationship towards which UK regional house prices have a tendency to gravitate.
KW - regional convergence
KW - house prices
KW - housing market
KW - pairwise approach
U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2011.613800
DO - 10.1080/00036846.2011.613800
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
SP - 1227
EP - 1238
JO - Applied Economics
JF - Applied Economics
SN - 0003-6846
IS - 10
ER -