Be careful what you wish for: The house price impact of investments in transporation infrastructure

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-46

  Mikelbank, Brian A ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing; Public capital; Transportation infrastructure; Urban accessibility

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CUYAHOGA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644454851     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087405278444     Document Type: Article

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