The reliability of self-reported home values in a developing country context

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-324

  Gonzalez Navarro, Marco ^a   Quintana Domeque, Climent ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appraised values; Bias; Housing prices; Inaccuracy; Owners' estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350430242     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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