The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics

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.

1. Introduction Part I: Micro 2. Neo-classical housing economics and beyond 3. Modelling spatial urban housing markets 4. Behavioural economics and housing 5. Housing and the old and new institutional economics 6. Housing wealth 7. The housing market, technology and new platforms 8. Aging, wealth and debt and the changing role of housing 9. The economics of homelessness Part II: Macro 10. Understanding the role of new housing supply through macro, micro and behavioural perspectives 11. Housing market liquidity 12. A missing perspective in housing economics: productivity? 13. Current issues for housing finance and the macro economy Part III: Finance 14. Economics of mortgage markets 15. Behavioural finance and the housing market 16. The financing of residential development Part IV: Policy 17. Investment appraisal, cost-benefit analysis and housing interventions 18. Housing, taxation and public finance 19. The economics of land use planning and zoning 20. Economics of housing subsidy, social housing and personal (demand-side) subsidies 21. Regulation of the private rented sector: price control and tenant security 22. Climate change and housing 23. The Political economy of housing policy interventions 24. Futures, scenarios and housing strategies