The Routledge Handbook of Housing Economics [Paperback]

Housing dominates 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.

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

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 Pl3.