Housing renovations and the quantile repeat-sales price index

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 567-584

  McMillen, Daniel P ^a   Thorsnes, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33751000492     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: 15406229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2006.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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