An analysis of the housing market before and after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

Land Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-113

  Beron, Kurt J ^a   Murdoch, James C ^a   Thayer, Mark A ^b   Vijverberg, Wim P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HOUSING MARKET; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE (1989); URBAN ECONOMY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 0030846869     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147080     Document Type: Article

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