The relative importance of sector and regional factors in Italy

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-289

  Gabrielli, Laura ^a   Lee, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic sectors; Italy; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949100701     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780910951975     Document Type: Article

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