Efficiency and seasonality in the UK housing market, 1991-2001

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-317

  Rosenthal, Leslie ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745294638     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00163.x     Document Type: Review

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