A ‘donut effect’? Assessing housing transactions during COVID-19 across the Spanish rural–urban hierarchy
ABSTRACTWe assess if a 'donut effect' has occurred in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show a synchronized 30% drop in housing purchases during the national lockdown in 2020, followed by a significant increase from 2021 across the rural-urban continuum, including core cities...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
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Series: | Regional Studies, Regional Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2023.2191684 |
Summary: | ABSTRACTWe assess if a 'donut effect' has occurred in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show a synchronized 30% drop in housing purchases during the national lockdown in 2020, followed by a significant increase from 2021 across the rural-urban continuum, including core cities, suburbs, towns and rural areas, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. We thus found no evidence of a ‘donut effect’ in Spain. |
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ISSN: | 2168-1376 |