Article history: Received 13 January 2011 Received in revised form 7 May 2014 Available online xxxx JEL classification: D51 E20 E32 E63

Article history: Received 20 August 2010 Received in revised form 24 October 2013 Available online 31 October 2013 JEL classification: E32 D43

In this paper, employing VAR and factor analytic models with quarterly U.K. sectoral business investment data, we show that both common and sector–specific shocks play important roles in explaining business investment fluctuations. JEL: C32, E22, E32.

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The responsiveness of house prices to monetary policy shocks depends on the nature shock—expansionary versus contractionary—and local housing supply elasticities. These findings are established using a panel 263 US metropolitan areas. Expansionary have larger impact in supply-inelastic Contractionary orthogonal In supply-elastic areas, contractionary greater than expansionary do. opposite holds...