Heterogeneity in hedonic modelling of house prices: Looking at buyers' household profiles

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-96

  Kestens, Yan ^a   Thériault, Marius ^b   Des Rosiers, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

GWR; Hedonic modelling; Heterogeneity; Household profile; Implicit prices

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING;

EID: 33244482487     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-005-0011-8     Document Type: Article

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