Saving and housing of Taiwanese households: New evidence from quantile regression analyses

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-126

  Chen, Chien Liang ^a   Kuan, Chung Ming ^b   Lin, Chu Chia ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

D12; D63; Discouragement effect; Housing; Quantile regression; R21; Saving; Wealth effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547109841     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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