The effect of demographics on the Japanese housing market

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-201

  Ohtake, Fumio ^a   Shintani, Mototsugu ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; House prices; Housing market

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT; HOUSING MARKET; MARKET IMPACT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030471632     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0462(95)02113-2     Document Type: Article

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