Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123247 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5601
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper demonstrates the way in which stock-flow matching with endogenous seller entry generates hot and cold spells in house sales. Potential sellers know the number of bidders remaining from the last house sale. If two or more bidders remain, the seller obtains the gains to trade through competitive bidding. The market is active. With one monopolistic bidder, the buyer captures the surplus and sellers become unwilling to enter. The market remains dormant until sellers think enough time has passed for buyer entry to have replenished the market and make entry profitable. The resulting pattern of trade matches up with observations from Wisconsin.
Subjects: 
trading volume
stock-flow matching
house price dynamics
JEL: 
R31
D53
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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