Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective

The role of the housing market in the recent recession raised questions about similar episodes in economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? This volume provides context for understanding events by examining how historical housing and mortgage markets worked - and sometimes failed.

About the author

Eugene N. White is professor of economics at Rutgers University and a research associate of the NBER. Kenneth Snowden is associate professor of economic history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a research associate of the NBER. Price Fishback is the Frank and Clara Kramer Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona and a research associate of the NBER.

Summary

The role of the housing market in the recent recession raised questions about similar episodes in economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? This volume provides context for understanding events by examining how historical housing and mortgage markets worked - and sometimes failed.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth White Snowden, Eugene N. White, Eugene N. Snowden White
• Assisted by: Price Fishback (Editor), Price V. Fishback (Editor), Fishback Price V. (Editor), Kenneth Snowden (Editor), Snowden Kenneth (Editor), Eugene N. White (Editor), White Eugene N. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2014
• EAN: 9780226073842
• ISBN: 978-0-226-07384-2
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports (CHUP); (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Property & real estate, United States of America, USA, Property and real estate