Search and vacancy costs in the Tokyo housing market: Attempt to measure social costs of imperfect information

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-230

  Shimizu, Chihiro ^a   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^b   Asami, Yasushi ^b  

^a Recruit Co   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSING MARKET; INFORMATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)]; WORLD;

EID: 14944346751     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940x.2005.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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