Heterogeneity within communities: A stochastic model with tenure choice

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Ortalo Magné, François ^a   Rady, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equilibrium sorting; Housing demand; Income mixing; Tenure choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249103250     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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