Disentangling the housing satisfaction puzzle: Does homeownership really matter?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 745-755

  Diaz Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Homeownership; Housing aspirations; Housing satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949107525     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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