Is there long-run convergence among regional house prices in the UK?

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1531-1544

  Holmes, Mark J ^a   Grimes, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; HOUSING MARKET; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STOCHASTICITY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45149124482     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008091489     Document Type: Article

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