The effects of new public projects to expand urban rail transit

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-263

  Baum Snow, Nathaniel ^a   Kahn, Matthew E ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing values; Public transit; Usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043282084     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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