Analysing the Relationship between New Housing Supply and Residential Construction Costs with Regional Heterogeneities

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">New housing supply in Australia has been expe...

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Main Authors: Junxiao Liu, Kerry London
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2011-09-01
Series:Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building
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Online Access:https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2174
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Summary:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">New housing supply in Australia has been experiencing a low increasing rate in conjunction with a dramatic increase in residential construction costs since the 1990s. This study aims to estimate the relationship between new housing supply and residential construction costs with the regional heterogeneities. Based on a panel error correction model, it can be identified that there is a causal link and a significant correlation between new housing supply and construction costs in the Australian sub-national housing construction markets. The model developed in this research assists policy makers to better understand the nature of the supply side of the housing sector and then enact appropriate policies to improve the new housing supply in Australia.</span>
ISSN:1835-6354
1837-9133