Housing allowances and economic efficiency

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 944-959

  Haffner, Marietta E A ^a   Boelhouwer, Peter J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; RENTAL SECTOR;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845328794     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00699.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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