On the user cost and homeownership

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-613

  Díaz, Antonia ^a   Luengo Prado, María José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Down payments; Durables; Housing; User cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649087831     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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