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Journal Articles Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics Year : 2019

Bubble on real estate: the role of altruism and fiscal policy

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In this paper, we are interested in the interplay between real estate bubble, aggregate capital accumulation and taxation in an overlapping generations economy with altruistic households. We consider a three-period overlapping generations model with three key elements: altruism, portfolio choice, and financial market imperfections. Households realise different investment decisions in terms of asset at different periods of life, face a binding borrowing constraint and leave bequests to their children. We show that altruism plays a key role on the existence of a productive real estate bubble, i.e. a bubble in real estate raising physical capital stock and aggregate output. The key mechanism relies on the fact that a real estate bubble raises income of retired households. Because of higher bequests, there children are able to invest more in productive capital. Introducing fiscal policy, we show that raising real estate taxation dampens capital accumulation.
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halshs-02129883 , version 1 (12-02-2020)

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Lise Clain-Chamosset-Yvrard, Thomas Seegmuller. Bubble on real estate: the role of altruism and fiscal policy. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 2019, 23 (4), pp.20190020. ⟨10.1515/snde-2019-0020⟩. ⟨halshs-02129883⟩
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