Land and residential property markets in a booming economy: New evidence from Beijing

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 743-757

  Zheng, Siqi ^a   Kahn, Matthew E ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing market; Land market; Local public goods; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949166802     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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