Australian house prices: A comparison of hedonic and repeat-sales measures

Economic Record

Volumn 85, Issue 269, 2009, Pages 132-145

  Hansen, James ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 65749096828     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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