House price Keynesianism and the contradictions of the modern investor subject

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-426

  Watson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset based welfare; House price Keynesianism; Investor subjects; New Labour; UK house price collapse

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOMEOWNER; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT; KEYNESIAN THEORY; PRICE DYNAMICS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951787987     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673031003711550     Document Type: Article

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