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Property Cycles, Speculative Bubbles and the Gross Income Multiplier

Author: Kicki Bjorklund and Bo Soderberg

Start Page: 151
End Page: 174
Volume: 18
Issue Number: 1
Year: 1999
Publication: Journal of Real Estate Research

Abstract: We address in this study the question of whether significant price increases occurring during the up-phase of the property cycle can in part be explained by speculative bubble. The findings indicate that the Swedish market for income real estate may have been partly driven by a speculative bubble during the 1980’s. The conclusion is based on an analysis of panel data where the state of the property cycle is mirrored by the value of the Gross Income Multiplier.

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