Ten new propositions in UK housing macroeconomics: An overview of the first years of the century

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2759-2781

  Meen, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MACROECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN HOUSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56549093458     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008098205     Document Type: Review

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