Conference "Housing, household debt and policy" - Reserve Bank of New Zealand

We invite submission of theoretical and empirical papers that explore the dynamics of housing markets and household debt; the implications of housing cycles for the macro economy; and the consequences of those dynamics for monetary and macropudential policy. Questions of interest may include: - What drives residential investment and household mortgage choice? - How do developments in house prices affect economic inequality? - How do housing market dynamics influence consumption and saving behaviour? - How does household debt and/or leverage affect mortgage default risk and financial stability? - How does household debt influence the transmission of monetary policy? - What is the optimal mix of monetary, macroprudential and other policies? - And should distributional considerations influence monetary and macroprudential policymaking?