Spatial patterns of development and the British housing market

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-78

  Leunig, Tim ^a   Overman, Henry ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Housing location; Market potential; Migration; Spatial economics; Urban economics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMMODITY PRICE; HOUSING MARKET; LIVING STANDARD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47049099168     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn004     Document Type: Article

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