Housing prices and policy dilemmas: A peculiarly Australian problem?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-91

  Berry, Mike ^a   Dalton, Tony ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble; House prices; Housing policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 13644260636     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0811114042000185509     Document Type: Article

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