The ripple effect of local house price movements in New Zealand

Journal of Property Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Shi, Song ^a   Young, Martin ^a   Hargreaves, Bob ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

House price co movements; Ripple effect; SPAR index, repeat sales index

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SEASONALITY; URBAN AREA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 74849096220     PISSN: 09599916     EISSN: 14664453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09599910903289880     Document Type: Article

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