House prices and household income: Do they move apart? Evidence from Taiwan

Habitat International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Chen, Ming Chi ^a   Tsai, I Chun ^b   Chang, Chin Oh ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cointegration; House prices; Income; STOPBREAK; VECM

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING MARKET; STOCHASTICITY; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249280547     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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