An Estimation of Elasticities of Consumption Demand and Investment Demand for Owner-Occupied Housing in Taiwan : A Two-Period Model

International Real Estate Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-125

  Lin, Chu Chia ^a   Lin, Sue Jing ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Hwa Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumption demand; elasticity and housing; investment demand; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849124605     PISSN: 21548919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.53383/100015     Document Type: Article

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