The Drivers of Housing Cycles in Spain /

Since Spain joined the EMU, two main important factors behind the housing boom appear to be the decrease of nominal interest rates and demographic factors. In this paper we estimate a New Keynesian model of a currency area, using data for Spain and the rest of the EMU to study the importance of thos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rabanal, Pau
Other Authors: Aspachs-Bracons, Oriol
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/203
Online Access:Full text available on IMF