The puzzling divergence of rents and user costs, 1980-2004

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-699

  Verbrugge, Randal ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 56049128174     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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