Examining policies to reduce homelessness using a general equilibrium model of the housing market

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 316-340

  Mansur, Erin T ^a,c   Quigley, John M ^a,b   Raphael, Steven ^b   Smolensky, Eugene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General equilibrium; Homelessness; Housing market simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710090     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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