Peter Lindner

This paper studies how households react when property prices change. Using a randomised survey experiment in Austria, it shows that lower prices raise renters’ willingness to buy and higher prices raise owners’ willingness to sell. A dynamic model for renters helps explain these ...

Using harmonized household data from 18 European countries, this paper studies what triggers mortgage default. We distinguish between liquidity stress, negative equity, and the double trigger, where both occur simultaneously. We find that all three increase default risk, but the double trigger ...