Measuring a boom and bust: The Sydney housing market 2001-2006

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-205

  Hill, Robert J ^a,b   Melser, Daniel ^c   Syed, Iqbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Moody's Economycom   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Hedonic regression; House prices; Price index; Repeat sales index; Sample selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349826250     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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