Impact of political incidents, financial crises, and severe acute respiratory syndrome on Hong Kong property buyers

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-433

  Lai, Lawrence W C ^a   Chau, Kwong Wing ^a   Ho, Daniel C W ^a   Lin, Veronica Y Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSING MARKET; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; PROPERTY MARKET; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745165925     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b31125a     Document Type: Article

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