Which factors capitalize into house prices? A Bayesian averaging approach

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-204

  Stadelmann, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Capitalization; House price hedonic; Model uncertainity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957755926     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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