Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Scatter Plot01:15

Scatter Plot

10.7K
The most common and easiest way to display the relationship between two variables, x and y, is a scatter plot. A scatter plot shows the direction of a relationship between the variables. A clear direction happens when there is either:
10.7K
The Anchoring-and-Adjustment Heuristic01:25

The Anchoring-and-Adjustment Heuristic

7.7K
In order to make good decisions, we use our knowledge and our reasoning. Often, this knowledge and reasoning is sound and solid. However, sometimes, we are swayed by biases or by others manipulating a situation. For example, let’s say you and three friends wanted to rent a house and had a combined target budget of $1,600. The realtor shows you only very run-down houses for $1,600 and then shows you a very nice house for $2,000. Might you ask each person to pay more in rent to get the...
7.7K
Behavior of Gas Molecules: Molecular Diffusion, Mean Free Path, and Effusion03:48

Behavior of Gas Molecules: Molecular Diffusion, Mean Free Path, and Effusion

31.1K
Although gaseous molecules travel at tremendous speeds (hundreds of meters per second), they collide with other gaseous molecules and travel in many different directions before reaching the desired target. At room temperature, a gaseous molecule will experience billions of collisions per second. The mean free path is the average distance a molecule travels between collisions. The mean free path increases with decreasing pressure; in general, the mean free path for a gaseous molecule will be...
31.1K
Diffusion01:21

Diffusion

6.2K
Diffusion is a type of passive transport. In passive transport, a substance tends to move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal across the space. For example, take the diffusion of substances through the air. When someone opens a perfume bottle in a room filled with people, the perfume is at its highest concentration in the bottle and is at its lowest at the edges of the room. The perfume vapor will diffuse, or spread away, from the...
6.2K
Diffusion01:12

Diffusion

216.4K
Diffusion is the passive movement of substances down their concentration gradients—requiring no expenditure of cellular energy. Substances, such as molecules or ions, diffuse from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration in the cytosol or across membranes. Eventually, the concentration will even out, with the substance moving randomly but causing no net change in concentration. Such a state is called dynamic equilibrium, which is essential for maintaining overall...
216.4K
Cognitive Dissonance01:38

Cognitive Dissonance

36.8K
Social psychologists have documented that feeling good about ourselves and maintaining positive self-esteem is a powerful motivator of human behavior (Tavris & Aronson, 2008). In the United States, members of the predominant culture typically think very highly of themselves and view themselves as good people who are above average on many desirable traits (Ehrlinger, Gilovich, & Ross, 2005). Often, our behavior, attitudes, and beliefs are affected when we experience a threat to our...
36.8K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Harmonious color pairings: Insights from human preference and natural hue statistics.

iScience·2026
Same author

Mean-field theory for heterogeneous random growth with redistribution.

Physical review. E·2026
Same author

Stationary distributions of the mode-switching Chiarella model.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)·2026
Same author

Revisiting the excess volatility puzzle through the lens of the Chiarella model.

PloS one·2026
Same author

Farm size matters: A spatially explicit ecological-economic framework for biodiversity and pest management.

Journal of environmental management·2025
Same author

Association of comorbidities and drug intake with generalized chronic pruritus: A multicenter case-control study in Switzerland and Italy.

JAAD international·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jan 17, 2026

Conditions Affecting Social Space in Drosophila melanogaster
08:04

Conditions Affecting Social Space in Drosophila melanogaster

Published on: November 5, 2015

12.8K

Diffusive Nature of Housing Prices.

Antoine-Cyrus Becharat1,2, Michael Benzaquen1,2,3, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud1,3,4

  • 1École Polytechnique, Chair of Econophysics and Complex Systems, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.

Physical Review Letters
|September 22, 2025
PubMed
Summary

French housing prices show persistent, spatially varied shocks, behaving like a diffusive process. This study quantifies this long-range correlation in housing market dynamics.

More Related Videos

Evolution of Staircase Structures in Diffusive Convection
07:28

Evolution of Staircase Structures in Diffusive Convection

Published on: September 5, 2018

6.9K
Methods for Presenting Real-world Objects Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions
06:54

Methods for Presenting Real-world Objects Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions

Published on: June 21, 2019

6.3K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jan 17, 2026

Conditions Affecting Social Space in Drosophila melanogaster
08:04

Conditions Affecting Social Space in Drosophila melanogaster

Published on: November 5, 2015

12.8K
Evolution of Staircase Structures in Diffusive Convection
07:28

Evolution of Staircase Structures in Diffusive Convection

Published on: September 5, 2018

6.9K
Methods for Presenting Real-world Objects Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions
06:54

Methods for Presenting Real-world Objects Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions

Published on: June 21, 2019

6.3K

Area of Science:

  • Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Spatial Analysis

Background:

  • Housing market prices exhibit complex spatial and temporal correlations.
  • Previous research suggested diffusive properties in housing prices but lacked high-resolution data.
  • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for economic stability and policy-making.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze French housing market price dynamics from 1970-2022 using high-resolution data.
  • To model and quantify spatial and temporal correlations in housing prices.
  • To investigate the diffusive nature of housing price shocks.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of French housing market price data (1970-2022, high-resolution 2018-2022).
  • Application of a stylized model incorporating spatial and temporal correlation, adapted from voting pattern analysis.
  • Fitting model parameters using impulse response data.

Main Results:

  • Spatial correlation of housing prices shows logarithmic decay, consistent with a 2D random diffusion equation.
  • Price shocks are persistent over time and exhibit significant spatial heterogeneity in amplitude.
  • The study quantifies the diffusive nature of housing prices, confirming earlier hypotheses.

Conclusions:

  • Housing price dynamics are characterized by a diffusive process with long-range spatial correlations.
  • Price shocks have lasting effects and vary greatly across different locations.
  • The findings provide empirical evidence for the diffusive hypothesis in housing markets.