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Is there long-run equilibrium in the house prices of Australian capital cities?
In order to explore the long-run equilibrium in the house prices of different cities, studies on house price convergence have been conducted by a number of researchers. However, the majority of previous studies have neglected the effects of spatial heterogeneity and autocorrelation on house prices. This research improves on the investigation of house price convergence by developing a spatio-temporal autoregressive model based on a framework of panel regression methods. Both spatial heterogeneity and autocorrelation of house prices in different cities are taken into account. Geographical distance and the scale of development of the urban housing market are used to construct temporal varying spatial measurements. The spatio-temporal model is then applied to investigate the long-run equilibrium in the house prices of Australian capital cities. The results confirm that house prices in Sydney approach a steady state in the long run, whereas house prices in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth are able to do with lower confidence. However, little evidence supports the existence of long-run equilibrium in the house prices of Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart.
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International real estate reviewVolume
18Issue
4Pagination
503 - 521Publisher
Global Social Science InstituteLocation
Rockville, Md.ISSN
1029-6131eISSN
2154-8919Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2015, Global Social Science InstituteUsage metrics
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