Vacancies and Rent Dispersion in a Stochastic Search Model with Generalized Tenant Demand

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-237

  Read, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Imperfect information; Rent distribution; Vacancies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031316490     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007724006255     Document Type: Article

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