The impact of school district consolidation on housing prices

National Tax Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 609-634

  Hu, Yue ^a   Yinger, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64549116416     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2008.4.03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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