Managing hedonic housing price indexes: The French experience

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-213

  Gouriéroux, Christian ^a,b   Laferrère, Anne ^a,c  

^a CREST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

Author keywords

Hedonic method; Housing price index; Pricing system

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349844862     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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