Economics: Principles and Policy (MindTap Course List)
Economics: Principles and Policy (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305280595
Author: William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 31, 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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