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Housing and Financial Wealth in Austria: What Can Survey Data Tell Us for the Analysis of Financial Stability Issues?

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Microeconomic data on private households are providing increasingly important information for many economic policy issues. The chapter examines how micro data can be used to improve the analysis of financial stability.1

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  1. Cambridge Centre for Economics and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK

    Philip Arestis (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor) (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor)

  2. Department of Economics, University of Utah, USA

    Philip Arestis (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor) (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor)

  3. Levy Economics Institute, New York, USA

    Philip Arestis (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor) (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor)

  4. Leeds Business School, University of Leeds, UK

    Philip Arestis (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor) (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor)

  5. Department of Finance and Management Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

    Philip Arestis (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor) (University Director of Research, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Senior Scholar, Visiting Professor)

  6. Economic Analysis and Research, Department of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, Austria

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  7. Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria

    Karin Wagner (Economist) (Economist)

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Fessler, P., Mooslechner, P., Schürz, M., Wagner, K. (2009). Housing and Financial Wealth in Austria: What Can Survey Data Tell Us for the Analysis of Financial Stability Issues?. In: Arestis, P., Mooslechner, P., Wagner, K. (eds) Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230246980_12

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