Appraiser behaviour and appraisal smoothing: Some qualitative and quantitative evidence

Journal of Property Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-280

  McAllister, Pat ^a   Baum, Andrew ^a   Crosby, Neil ^a   Gallimore, Paul ^b   Gray, Adelaide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JONES LANG LASALLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal smoothing; Appraiser behaviour; Property index

Indexed keywords

INDEX METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROPERTY MARKET;

EID: 1242277421     PISSN: 09599916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0959991032000162347     Document Type: Article

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