Some tests for the rent gap theory

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 523-542

  Yung, C F ^a   King, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL SWITCHING; GENTRIFICATION; RENT GAP THEORY; THEORY; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0031800501     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a300523     Document Type: Article

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