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Code for: Reference Dependence in the Housing Market

Andersen, Steffen;Badarinza, Cristian;Liu, Lu;Marx, Julie;Ramadorai, Tarun

Description

We quantify reference dependence and loss aversion in the housing market using rich Danish administrative data. Our structural model includes loss aversion, reference dependence, financial constraints, and a sale decision, and matches key nonparametric moments, including a ``hockey stick" in listing prices with nominal gains, and bunching at zero realized nominal gains. Households derive substantial utility from gains over the original house purchase price; losses affect households roughly 2.5 times more than gains. The model helps explain the positive correlation between aggregate house prices and turnover, but cannot explain visible attenuation in reference dependence when households are more financially constrained.

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Metrics

Dataset Index

0.5

FAIR Score

73%

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0

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0

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Publication Details

DOI

Publisher

ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research

Assigned Domain

Subfield

Economics and Econometrics

Field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain

Social Sciences

Confidence Score

50%

Source

Scholar Data Model

Keywords

HousingMortgagesLoss aversionReference dependenceDown-payment constraints

Normalization Factors

FT

48.08

CTw

1.00

MTw

1.00