Forecasting open space with a two-rate property tax

Land Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Cho, Seong Hoon ^a   Lambert, Dayton M ^a   Roberts, Roland K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OPEN SPACE; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 77953954093     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.86.2.263     Document Type: Article

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