Earthquake risk and housing rents: Evidence from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-99

  Nakagawa, Masayuki ^a   Saito, Makoto ^b   Yamaga, Hisaki ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake risk; Hazard map; Housing rent; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; RENT CONTROL; RENTAL SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 33845187333     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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