Explaining the route to owner-occupation: A transatlantic comparison

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-216

  Andrew, Mark ^a   Haurin, Donald ^b   Munasib, Abdul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative housing markets; First time homeownership; Housing tenure choice; Relative risk Cox hazard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845395552     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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