The return of centralization to Chicago: Using repeat sales to identify changes in house price distance gradients

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-304

  McMillen, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; Fourier; House prices; Repeat sales; Semiparametric

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN HOUSING;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038043328     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(02)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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