Publications

Reusens, Peter, Vastmans, Frank & Damen, Sven (2023).  A new framework to disentangle the impact of changes in dwelling characteristics on house price indices. Economic Modelling, 123, 106252.

Dreesen, Stijn & Damen, Sven (2022). The accuracy of homeowners' valuations in the twenty-first century. Empirical Economics, 65, 513–566.

Damen, Sven & Schildermans, Stef (2022). Capital requirements, mortgage rates and house prices. Journal of Banking and Finance, 143, 106596.

Damen, Sven, & Buyst, Erik (2017). Mortgage shoppers: how much do they save? Real Estate Economics, 45(4), 898-929.

Damen, Sven, Vastmans, Frank, & Buyst, Erik (2016). The effect of mortgage interest deduction and mortgage characteristics on house prices. Journal of Housing Economics, 34, 15-29.

Working papers

"Housing market responses to the mortgage interest deduction" joint with Geert Goeyvaerts (R&R Regional Science and Urban Economics)

"How green is your house? Mandatory energy performance certificates and energy consumption" (submitted)

"Split incentives, asymmetric information and energy efficiency subsidies" joint with Geert Goeyvaerts and Stef Schildermans (currently being revised)

Work in progress

"Mandatory energy efficiency disclosure policies and house prices" joint with Tijmen van Kempen

"See how the land lies: Land valuation using spatial models" joint with Jacqueline Seufert and Geert Goeyvaerts

"The Effect of Broker Commissions on Real Estate Transaction Outcomes" joint with Bert Willekens