Caveat emptor: Adverse selection in buying properties under construction

Property Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-64

  Ong, Seow Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Finance; Property development; Property markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006225994     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637479910255749     Document Type: Article

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