Residential real estate brokerage efficiency and the implications of franchising: A Bayesian approach

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 543-560

  Lewis, Danielle ^a   Anderson, Randy ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033246978     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6229.00783     Document Type: Article

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