Analysis of the real estate market in Las Vegas: Bubble, seasonal patterns, and prediction of the CSW indices

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-260

  Zhou, Wei Xing ^a   Sornette, Didier ^b  

^a School of Business   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Econophysics; Periodicity; Power law; Prediction; Real estate market

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKETING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; UNITED STATES;

ECONOPHYSICS; POWER LAW; REAL ESTATE MARKET;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 35948989300     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.08.059     Document Type: Article

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