Economics: Principles & Policy
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Author: William J. Baumol; Alan S. Blinder; John L. Solow
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 30, Problem 1DQ
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Explain the witnessing a bubble.
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Here, it is typical argument about whether or not there is a bubble, if price rises then there was not a bubble. From the year 2000 to year 2005, housing prices increases by 50 percent across the U.S. This moderately considerable increase also suggests that a bubble existed. Though, the markets like NY, MIA, and SD, housing prices increases by 77%, 96%, and 118%, respectively. It is very unlikely that these drastic price increases could have been powered by changes in fundamentals. Thus, to conclude that assumption on future price increases which means to conclude that a bubble existed at that point in time.
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