Assessing high house prices: Bubbles, fundamentals and misperceptions

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 67-92

  Himmelberg, Charles ^a   Mayer, Christopher ^b,d   Sinai, Todd ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33645817313     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/089533005775196769     Document Type: Review

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