Research Article

The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case

Volume: 36 Number: 2 June 30, 2021
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The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case

Abstract

This paper analyzes the effect of macro-economic, financial and commodity market indicators on housing markets. We compare the efficiency of the models generated by Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) according to method free measures for estimating the housing market trend. These models are used for the first time to identify the influence of macro-economic indicators on housing markets and the estimation of the trend in housing markets to our best knowledge. The empirical analysis focuses on the US housing market, and the illustration of the proposed models is done through the monthly historical realizations of S\&P/Case-Shiller National Home Price Index (HPI) and the US macro-economic indicators over the period from 1999-January to 2018-June. It contributes to the literature by highlighting the interaction between macro-economic indicators and housing markets and analyzing the mechanism of housing markets. The findings indicate that the house price trends are estimated with more accuracy and these models capture the joint influence of explanatory variables. Further, the MARS method is shown to outperform GLM compared to the prediction and forecasting power.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2021

Submission Date

May 23, 2020

Acceptance Date

July 29, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 36 Number: 2

APA
Yılmaz, B., Yerlikaya Özkurt, F., & Kestel, S. (2021). The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case. İzmir İktisat Dergisi, 36(2), 259-273. https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.202136202
AMA
1.Yılmaz B, Yerlikaya Özkurt F, Kestel S. The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case. İzmir İktisat Dergisi. 2021;36(2):259-273. doi:10.24988/ije.202136202
Chicago
Yılmaz, Bilgi, Fatma Yerlikaya Özkurt, and Sevtap Kestel. 2021. “The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case”. İzmir İktisat Dergisi 36 (2): 259-73. https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.202136202.
EndNote
Yılmaz B, Yerlikaya Özkurt F, Kestel S (June 1, 2021) The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case. İzmir İktisat Dergisi 36 2 259–273.
IEEE
[1]B. Yılmaz, F. Yerlikaya Özkurt, and S. Kestel, “The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case”, İzmir İktisat Dergisi, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 259–273, June 2021, doi: 10.24988/ije.202136202.
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Bilgi - Yerlikaya Özkurt, Fatma - Kestel, Sevtap. “The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case”. İzmir İktisat Dergisi 36/2 (June 1, 2021): 259-273. https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.202136202.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz B, Yerlikaya Özkurt F, Kestel S. The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case. İzmir İktisat Dergisi. 2021;36:259–273.
MLA
Yılmaz, Bilgi, et al. “The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case”. İzmir İktisat Dergisi, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2021, pp. 259-73, doi:10.24988/ije.202136202.
Vancouver
1.Bilgi Yılmaz, Fatma Yerlikaya Özkurt, Sevtap Kestel. The Impact of Macro-Economic Drivers in Housing Markets: The US Case. İzmir İktisat Dergisi. 2021 Jun. 1;36(2):259-73. doi:10.24988/ije.202136202
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