Individual agents, firms, and the real estate brokerage Process

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-76

  Turnbull, Geoffrey K ^a   Dombrow, Jonathan ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Brokers; Housing; Real estate agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250806189     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-007-9025-y     Document Type: Article

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