Housing price gradient with two workplaces - An empirical study in Hong Kong

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-429

  Yiu, C Y ^a   Tam, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Commuting mileage; Housing demand; Price gradient; Traveling frequency; Workplaces

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; HOUSING MARKET; LAND MARKET; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33947573541     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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