Exploiting the rent gap: The theoretical significance of using illegal appraisal schemes to encourage gentrification in new Orleans

Urban Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 48-64

  Knopp, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

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EID: 0002705660     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.11.1.48     Document Type: Article

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