Biases in appraisal land price information: The case of Japan

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-175

  Shimizu, Chihiro ^a   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^b  

^a REITAKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Market value; Real estate; Smoothing methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745816365     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780610655102     Document Type: Article

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