A prediction comparison of housing sales prices by parametric versus semi-parametric regressions

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-84

  Bin, Okmyung ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic pricing; Housing market; Price prediction; Semi parametric regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942445396     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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