Moving and improving: Strategies for attaining housing equilibrium

Urban Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1771-1787

  Littlewood, Amanda ^a   Munro, Moira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR; EQUILIBRIUM CONSUMPTION; HOUSING MARKET; THEORY;

EID: 0031413664     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098975240     Document Type: Article

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