Reinvestment in the housing stock: The role of construction costs and the supply side

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238-256

  Gyourko, Joseph ^a   Saiz, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Housing reinvestment; Renovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642279731     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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