Economic rationality and informal urban land transactions in Accra, Ghana

Journal of Property Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-90

  Antwi, Adarkwah ^a   Adams, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Market failure; Price setting; Property rights

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND MARKET; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 0038702186     PISSN: 09599916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09599910210159398     Document Type: Article

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