The Nominal Rigidity of Apartment Rents

• Autores: David Genesove
• Localización: The Review of economics and statistics, ISSN 0034-6535, Vol. 85, Nº 4, 2003, págs. 844-853
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1162/003465303772815763
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• Resumen

  • This paper contributes to the empirical literature on price stickiness by documenting a high rate of nominal rigidity among housing rents in the United States between 1974 and 1981. Of the units studied, 29% had no change in nominal rents from year to year. The incidence was much higher (a) in years and cities with a low median nominal rent growth rate, and among (b) units whose tenants continued from the previous year and (c) units in small buildings. A little less than half of the nominal rigidity can be ascribed to grid pricing. Possible explanations, as well as the likely distributive and allocative implications, are discussed.