Factors influencing housing equity withdrawal: Evidence from a microeconomic survey

Economic Record

Volumn 84, Issue 267, 2008, Pages 421-433

  Schwartz, Carl ^a   Lewis, Christine ^a   Norman, David ^a   Hampton, Tim ^b  

^a RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HOUSING; MICROECONOMICS; MODELING; SAVINGS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 57649119850     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2008.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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