Vacancy chain models: Do they fit into the economist's toolbox?

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Nordvik, Viggo ^a  

^a Norwegian Building Res Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flow equilibria; Local housing markets; Methodology; Mobility; Vacancy chain models

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; METHODOLOGY; MODEL;

EID: 15044349927     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090410000499     Document Type: Article

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