Chapter 37 Quality of life and environmental comparisons

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages 1413-1454

  Gyourko, Joseph ^a   Kahn, Matthew ^b   Tracy, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental; Hedonics; quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350110420     PISSN: 15740080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0080(99)80006-6     Document Type: Review

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