Reconciling user costs and rental equivalence: Evidence from the US consumer expenditure survey

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-192

  Garner, Thesia I ^a   Verbrugge, Randal ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; House price appreciation; Rental equivalence; User costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349804498     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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