The Demand for Housing Additions: An Empirical Analysis
研究了家庭决定是否进行住房增建以及增建支出的因素，发现未满足的住房消费需求有显著影响，而投资潜力影响不显著；非白人家庭更可能增建且支出更多。
Little is known of a household's decision to make a housing addition despite the large and growing size of these expenditures. This paper examines this decision in a two‐step empirical process: first, those factors that influence the probability of a housing addition are determined, and second, the value of the addition made is analyzed. Preliminary results indicate that unmet housing consumption needs, but not the investment potential of housing additions, have a significant impact on both the probability of an addition and the value of an addition made. Furthermore, ceteris paribus, non‐white households have a greater probability of making a housing addition, and on average, spend more on housing additions than do white households.