Journal of Housing Economics

Journal of Housing Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on empirical and theoretical research related to housing markets, urban development, and public policy. The journal publishes articles that intersect with fields represented by institutions and figures such as National Bureau of Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of California, Berkeley. Contributors and readers often include scholars associated with World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, London School of Economics, Princeton University, and Yale University.

History

The journal was established in 1991 amid debates involving actors like United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Reagan administration, George H. W. Bush, and scholars affiliated with Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, Urban Institute, and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Early editorial leadership drew on networks connected to University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, New York University, University of Chicago, and Stanford University. Over time the journal reflected shifts observed in events such as the Savings and Loan crisis, the 1990s housing boom, the Global Financial Crisis, and policy initiatives from European Central Bank, Treasury of the United States, and Bank of England. Special issues have featured contributions tied to conferences at National Bureau of Economic Research, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and American Economic Association.

Scope and Topics

The journal covers topics spanning housing finance linked to institutions like Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and European Investment Bank; housing supply and construction studies referencing firms and agencies such as Bechtel, Skanska, Mortenson Construction, U.S. Census Bureau, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. It also addresses urban land use and zoning matters connected to cases in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and Paris. Research on household behavior often cites datasets and projects from Panel Study of Income Dynamics, American Housing Survey, Survey of Consumer Finances, European Social Survey, and World Bank programs. Cross-disciplinary work links to theories and methods associated with figures and works like Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Edward Glaeser, Robert Shiller, and Milton Friedman.

Editorial Board and Peer Review

The editorial board has included editors and associate editors with appointments at Harvard University, Princeton University, London School of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and Northwestern University. Editorial practices follow standards promoted by organizations such as Committee on Publication Ethics and editorial offices at publishers like Elsevier, with manuscript handling systems used by journals across Springer Nature and Wiley-Blackwell. Peer review typically engages referees from departments and centers including Department of Economics at University of Chicago, Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, Cowles Foundation, Institute for Fiscal Studies, and research units at Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Special issue guest editors have been drawn from programs at National Bureau of Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research, and Russell Sage Foundation.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in databases and services such as Scopus, Web of Science, EconLit, RePEc, and JSTOR. It is discoverable through library catalogs at institutions like Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and university libraries at Columbia University, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. Citation tracking appears in metrics compiled by organizations like Clarivate Analytics, Elsevier Research Intelligence, and Google Scholar profiles maintained by scholars at University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, and University of California, Los Angeles.

Impact and Reception

Scholarly impact is reflected in citations in work by academics at Harvard Law School, Yale School of Management, Columbia Business School, and policy reports produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Influential articles from the journal have been discussed in outlets and venues including The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, conferences at American Economic Association Annual Meeting, and briefings used by agencies such as Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Reserve Board. The journal has informed debates involving landmark cases and policies in locations like California Proposition 13, New York rent control reforms, UK Help to Buy, and post-crisis reforms linked to Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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