A critical analysis of housing finance reform in a 'super' home-ownership state: The case of Armenia

Urban Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1795-1815

  Stephens, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; FISCAL REFORM; HOMEOWNER; HOUSING MARKET;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 25844478132     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500231712     Document Type: Article

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