Brown Bag Seminar Industrial Economics

The housing issue is one of the hottest social problems. It is widely debated by the society. These debates contain a large subjective component. In addition, they are expected to correlate with the phases of the housing cycle. One of the most visible and durable manifestationsof these debates are the media items. In this study, we aim at assessing the sentiment of these media publications in order to capture the public opinion as reflected by the print media. In the presentation,we are going to talk about the methodological aspects of such an exercise and the challenges arising from the analysis of the German media.