Do first-time home buyers improve their neighborhood quality?

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-510

  Van Zandt, Shannon ^a   Rohe, William M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN HOUSING;

EID: 33750742725     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2006.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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