MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logoDSpace@MIT

MIT
View Item 
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • Sloan School of Management
  • Sloan Working Papers
  • View Item
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • Sloan School of Management
  • Sloan Working Papers
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Home Buyer Search Duration and the Internet

Author(s)
D'URSO, VICTORIA T.
Thumbnail
Download4271-02.pdf (241.7Kb)
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
In this study we examine the impact of internet use on the duration of search in the housing market. We develop a model of partial equilibrium in the housing market which suggests an ambiguous effect on the search duration when internet resources are employed. In this model, the impact of using the internet can be viewed as increasing the search efficiency, or as altering the distribution of potential matches from which the home buyer can choose. We use data from the 2000 Home Buyer and Seller Survey collected by the National Association of Realtors. While theory suggests there might be an increase or a decrease in search times when using on-line resources in the search, in this data using an Instrumental Quantile Regression approach we find a tendency for internet use to increase the duration of home search relative to employing more conventional search methods
Date issued
2003-05-02
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3509
Series/Report no.
MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper;4271-02
Keywords
Sequential Search, Housing Market, Duration, Instrumental Quantile Regression

Collections
  • Sloan Working Papers

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

OA StatisticsStatistics by CountryStatistics by Department
MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logo

Find us on

Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube RSS

MIT Libraries navigation

SearchHours & locationsBorrow & requestResearch supportAbout us
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibility
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.