Forecasting housing prices under different market segmentation assumptions

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-187

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Cho, Seong Hoon ^b   Poudyal, Neelam ^b   Roberts, Roland K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

KNOX COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649227683     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008098641     Document Type: Article

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