The effectiveness of selected housing subsidies in the Czech Republic

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-269

  Lux, Martin ^a   Sunega, Petr ^a   Boelhouwer, Peter ^b  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Housing policy; Subsidy effectiveness; Transition economies; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HOUSING POLICY; RENT SEEKING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68549107602     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-009-9153-1     Document Type: Article

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