Urban Leverage and Housing Price in China

Wanying Lu; Jianfu Shen

doi:10.3390/jrfm15020087

Urban Leverage and Housing Price in China

Wanying Lu, Jianfu Shen

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Abstract

This paper examines whether urban leverage, defined by the bank loan-to-deposit ratio in a city, affects housing prices in China. Using a panel dataset of 236 cities and hedonic models, we find a depressing effect of urban leverage on housing price in first-and second-tier cities while leaving third-and fourth-tier cities unaffected. Urban leverage negatively affects housing prices by influencing credit supply. Moreover, the difference-in-differences analysis indicates that purchase restriction policies amplify the depressing effect of urban leverage on housing prices. Overall, we show that urban leverage is an important determinant of housing prices in China.

Original language	English
Article number	87
Journal	Journal of Risk and Financial Management
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15020087
Publication status	Published - Feb 2022

Keywords

credit supply
housing price
housing purchase restrictions
urban leverage

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

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