A tale of two sectors: Upward mobility and the private housing market in Singapore

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-105

  Bardhan, Ashok Deo ^a   Datta, Rajarshi ^a   Edelstein, Robert H ^a   Kim, Lum Sau ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Housing mobility; Interaction between private and public sectors; International real estate; Public sector; Segmented markets; Urban housing policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242716961     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-1377(03)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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