Transfers, contracts and regulation: A new institutional economics perspective on the changing provision of social housing in Britain

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 825-850

  Gibb, Kenneth ^a   Nygaard, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

New institutional economics; Policy evaluation; Stock transfer

Indexed keywords

HOUSING ASSOCIATION; HOUSING PROVISION; HOUSING REFORM; SOCIAL HOUSING; STAKEHOLDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750979547     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030600917719     Document Type: Article

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