Rents have been rising, not falling, in the postwar period

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 628-642

  Crone, Theodore M ^a   Nakamura, Leonard I ^b   Voith, Richard ^c  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Econsult Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 77955136908     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00015     Document Type: Article

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