'Property values drop when blacks move in, because...': Racial and socioeconomic determinants of neighborhood desirability

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 461-479

  Harris, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION; PROPERTY MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032780026     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657496     Document Type: Article

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