Privatization of public housing: Did it cause the 1998 recession in Hong Kong?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 262-273

  Ho, Lok Sang ^a   Wong, Gary Wai Chung ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33645164264     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byj017     Document Type: Article

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