Crashes in real estate prices: Causes and predictability

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1725-1744

  Xiao, Qin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROPERTY MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77953868111     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009356482     Document Type: Article

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