Appraisal smoothing and price discovery in real estate markets

Urban Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1047-1064

  Geltner, David ^a   MacGregor, Bryan D ^b   Schwann, Gregory M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROPERTY MARKET;

EID: 0038813907     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000074317     Document Type: Article

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