Contestability of the urban land market: An event study of Hong Kong land auctions

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 695-720

  Ching, Stephen ^a   Fu, Yuming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Auctions; Contestable markets; Economic profit; Event study; Urban land market

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; PROFITABILITY; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0141959769     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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